Fair copy of La philosophie de l’histoire par l’Abbé Bazin (pseudonym of Voltaire), dated 1765
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CMV35726
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P1000-S3-D116, ‘File D116 – “La philosophie de l’histoire” par l’Abbé Bazin’
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Fair copy of La philosophie de l’histoire par l’Abbé Bazin (pseudonym of Voltaire), dated 1765
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous voudriés que des philosophes eussent ecrit l’histoire ancienne
Incipit Modernised:
Vous voudriez que des philosophes eussent écrit l’histoire ancienne
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Brief Summary:
Fair copy of La philosophie de l’histoire par l’Abbé Bazin (pseudonym of Voltaire), a text published in 1765.
Detailed Summary:
This text discusses America, Egypt, Ancient Greece, and India, as well as topics such as idolatry, miracles, temples, magic, Jews, and Ancient Romans. In the preface, it is said that the MS was offered by the author’s nephew to Catherine II of Russia. The manuscript is either unfinished or incomplete.
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330 pp.
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1
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Bound in marbled calf with marbled endpapers.
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There is a small, circular stain over l.4-5 of p.263 and l.4 of p.268.
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Undecorated
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There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, and the addition of omitted text superscript. Footnotes have been added to p.60-61 expanding on matters mentioned in the text. These notes are linked to the text through the use of corresponding symbols.
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1765
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