Presentation copy of La Pucelle d’Orleans
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CMV32968
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*KGV++ (Voltaire. Selected Manuscripts) 08-42, ‘La Pucelle d’Orleans: poëme heroïcomique : manuscript, [175-?]’
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Presentation copy of La Pucelle d’Orleans
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767738209
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Abregé de l’histoire de Jeanne Darc
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Brief Summary:
A manuscript copy of La Pucelle d’Orleans.
Detailed Summary:
A version of La Pucelle d’Orleans in 15 cantos, corresponding to the earliest printed (unauthorized) edition of 1755, with place of publication given as Louvain (actually Frankfort am Main) or Paris (actually Amsterdam). Of the manuscripts described by Vercruysse, the present most closely resembles his siglum D (Institut et musée Voltaire MSV 49), a version in 12 cantos in the hand of Marie-Louis Denis [née Mignot], produced after 1742 and with numerous variants from the pirated eds. Cf. Vercruysse, p. 89-90. A provenance note added to the front endpapers suggests that this manuscript was owned by Voltaire and presented to a prince.
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333 pp.
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Height: 240 mm
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3
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There is some minor staining scattered throughout.
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Undecorated
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The MS features the armorial bookplates of Mr. Sanlot de Bospin and Roberti Marchionis de Crewe. A pencil inscription on the front flyleaf is largely illegible, except for the phrase ‘à Londres’. An inscription of the verso side of the front endpaper reads: ‘Rare manuscript formerly the property of Mr. de Voltaire, who presented it to one of the Royal Princes before it was printed.’ Text that has been accidentally omitted has occasionally been added superscript.
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