Le Pauvre Diable
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CMV33182
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MS 27
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Le Pauvre Diable
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ouvrage en vers aisés de feu Mr. Vadé mis en lumiere par Catherinne Vadé sa cousine dedié a Mr. abraham.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph copy of Voltaire’s poem, Le Pauvre Diable.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
11 ff.
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208 x 160 mm
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3
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Every leaf is watermarked, but these watermarks are unclear due to the fragile nature of the manuscript.
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The additional sheet of paper wrapped around the MS is countermarked with the initials ‘FG’.
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Additional Comments:
The manuscript is bound with beige ribbon along the bifolium fold line and wrapped in an additional sheet of paper on which has been written the title ‘Sœtyre de voltaire’ in an unknown hand. The text here is written in iron gall ink which had caused some minor corrosion to the page. The text also sparkles, with the ink having absorbed some drying sand. There are small tears to the bottom right-hand corners of pp.19, 21. P.17 has become detached from the binding.
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Undecorated
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There are a small number of crossings out and additional notes scattered throughout the manuscript. A note has been added to the upper right-hand corner of p.1 reading: ‘Manuscrit de Voltaire. Cette pièce avait été envoyée par lui à l’intendant du Lyonnais’. At the bottom of p.10, a letter was begun reading: ‘A Sens 25 avril 1760’ and ‘quel qu’Empressement que j’aye En.’ These lines were crossed through to make room for the text. There is a cluster of four small dots of ink at the bottom of p.5.
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