Autograph draft of a passage of Siècle de Louis XIV concerning court politics
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CMV32898
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MS 5, ‘Siècle de Louis XIV’
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Autograph draft of a passage of Siècle de Louis XIV concerning court politics
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Incipit Diplomatic:
On employa ^de tous les cotez^ des moyens aussi bas qu’odieux ^mazarin donna des brevets despions et de traitres^ jolli on en donne pour des emplois civils.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph Draft of the passages at OCV, vol.13A, ch.4, p.72, l.436-53, and p.74-75, l.502-24.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that odious tactics were used on both sides, with one M. Joly [Jean François Joly de Fleury de La Valette] conspiring to cut his arm and be shot in his carriage to make the public believe that the Court had wanted to murder him. A few days later, shots were fired in the Prince of Condé’s carriages, killing one servant. Cardinal de Retz, the Duke of Beaufort, and [Pierre] Broussel were all accused in parliament and justified. Voltaire then writes that every important man, or every man who wanted to be important, claimed to be acting in the interests of the public good and wanted to get as close to the Crown as possible. The text includes some passages not featured in the printed edition.
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1 f.
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200 x 145 mm
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1
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There are remnants of orange wax on p.2.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has made revisions of the text throughout. An additional paragraph of text is appended to the end of the main body of the text, also in the hand of Voltaire.
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Two pages from the auction catalogue of the Vidal-Mégret sale in Paris on 26 February 1969 pertaining to the MS have been included.
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Owned by by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman in Paris on 26 February 1969.
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OCV Reference:
13A, 4, p.72, l.436-53; p.74-75, l.502-24
OCV Manuscript Reference:
13A, ‘MS5’, p.xxiv
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