Notebook fragment 48b

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CMV33711

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MS 21

Title:

Notebook fragment 48b

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author

Incipit Diplomatic:

lettres de ministres.

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Brief Summary:

Autograph list of the contents of a folder.

Detailed Summary:

A list of the contents of a folder in Voltaire’s hand. Amongst the items listed are Marquis D’Argenson on the Battle of Fontenoy, a ‘card de fleuri’, ‘St florentin etc.’, letters from Monsieur de Mainevas and Émilie du Châtelet, correspondences from a trip to Prussia, and a letter from the Queen of Sweden.

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Physical Description

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1 f.

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93 x 140 mm

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1

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Additional Comments:

There are four small holes on the left-hand side of the manuscript suggesting that it was included in a bound collection at one time. The manuscript is written on low-quality paper, possibly rag paper.

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

Theodore Besterman, ‘Thirteen new fragments’, SVEC 148 (1976) p.28.

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