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The fragment is inscribed ‘Au Roi de Prusse… 174…’ and is numbered ’13’. It represents a truncated version of the text, with the fragment beginning at l.243 of Act IV. This copy also contains several variants:
- Séide’s discovery that he is Zopire’s son at ll.229-231 is phrased differently
- ‘les mortels’ is used instead of ‘les humains’ at l.245
- The end of Scene V is missing
- Phanor makes his entrance immediately after Séide’s attempt to kill himself (ll.247-249), meaning that he appears after Séide discovers his identity. This suggests that another character reveals this information in this version of the play
On the verso side of the fragment, Voltaire has drafted a letter to Frederick II of Prussia dating to 10 July 1740 [D2265 / CMV35110].
Repository: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
Date: c.1736
CMV: cmv36672
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: 1775
CMV: cmv36545
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.1755
CMV: cmv36386
Repository: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
Date: c.1755
CMV: cmv36383
The fragment is written on the back of the address of an autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’ Argental, dating to c.5 March 1777 [D20594].
Repository: Koninklijke Huisarchief, The Netherlands
Date: c.1777
CMV: cmv36371
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.19th-20th
CMV: cmv36352
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: late c.18th
CMV: cmv36349
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: late c.18th
CMV: cmv37253
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.18th-c.19th
CMV: cmv36265
Repository: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
CMV: cmv34501