Autograph fragment of a draft of Thérèse
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CMV32844
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Bonhams- Lot 23, ‘VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778.’
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Autograph fragment of a draft of Thérèse
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mais nous pensons comme notre maitre doit penser
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Fragment of an autograph draft of Voltaire’s Therese.
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This is the only surviving fragment of Voltaire’s comedy Therese, completed in 1743. The fragment is of Scene 3, 4, and 5 of Act 1, and was used by Desmond Flower to privately print an edition of Therese for the Roxburghe Club in 1981.
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8 ff.
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The paper is divided into two collums, with the left-hand side used for the text, and the right-hand side for corrections. There is some minor staining and the edges of the manuscript have been repaired.
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Undecorated
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The text had been corrected throughout via crossings out and the addition of corrected text superscript.
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