‘Anecdote étrange’
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ANECDOTE-ETRANGE
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5-240 (III, f.331), ‘‘Anecdote étrange.’ Sur Martignac et son suicide’
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‘Anecdote étrange’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
A Serrieres en Vivarais le mercredy 17e Juillet 1771, on trouva le sr Martignac, directeur des fermes, mort d’un coup de fusil qu’il s’était tiré dans la bouche en fesant partir la détente avec le pied.
Incipit Modernised:
À Serrieres en Vivarais le mercredi 17e Juillet 1771, on trouva le sr Martignac, directeur des fermes, mort d’un coup de fusil qu’il s’était tiré dans la bouche en faisant partir la détente avec le pied.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
The manuscript seems to be a letter by Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, written in Wagnière’s hand and dated 31 July 1771 [D17317].
Detailed Summary:
The letter reflects on the suicide of Mr. Martignac and features his suicide note. The manuscript is written in Wagnière’s hand, but the titular phrase ‘Anecdote étrange’ is in Voltaire’s handwriting.
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1 f.
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2
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970), p.19.
OCV Reference:
122, p. 41
OCV Manuscript Reference:
122, ‘MS2’, p. 41