Contemporary copy of ‘La religion naturelle’, undated

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CMV33743

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MS 104, ‘La religion naturelle: Poeme en quatre parties par M. V[oltaire]’

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Contemporary copy of ‘La religion naturelle’, undated

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No related manuscripts found.

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

O vous dont les exploits le Regne et les ouvrages sont l’exemple des Rois et la Lecon des sagies qui voyés d’un même oeil les capricés du sort.

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of ‘La religion naturelle’, undated.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

12 ff.

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Dimensions:

239 x 185 mm

Hands:

1

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Binding:

The pages are bound together with a blue ribbon along the bifolium fold line.

Additional Comments:

A line of blue biro has been drawn on f.1r. The pages feature an additional horizontal fold line and a vertical fold line used to create left-hand margins on the verso sides throughout. There is discolouration and staining on f.12 and a smudge of ink on f.11v.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

There is one minor deletion of text on f.5v and the insertion of additional superscript text on f.2v. Other minor corrections have been made throughout by writing corrected over the top of existing text.

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A note card with details of the MS on one side and notes titled ‘ZWIERZINA (cont’d)’ on the other. The note card suggests that the MS was ‘presented by G. Barber 1975’. This likely refers to Giles Barber, Librarian of the Taylor Library, Oxford.

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OCV Reference:

32B, p.65

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024