Notebook fragment 13c
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV33709
Repository:
Shelfmark:
MS 19
Title:
Notebook fragment 13c
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No related collections found.
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
par quelle fatalité tous les peuples livrez a de fausses relligions se rendentils recommendables par linvention des arts par des conquetes?
Incipit Modernised:
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In Own Hand:
–
Brief Summary:
Autograph notes concerning ancient history.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes about the origins of the Hebrew language.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
260 x 193 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with the words ‘FIN DE R[Heart]MONTGOLFIER DANNONAY 1742’.
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Additional Comments:
There are a number of small holes in the fold line, suggesting that these pages were once part of a bound collection. Traces from the acidity of the ink suggest that this MS was originally followed by Voltaire Foundation MS 18 (CMV33708) and MS Th.B.N10 formerly held at the Institut et Musée Voltaire.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Voltaire has made notes throughout in the margins. He has also added a title to the pages which reads ‘notes’ and a manicule has been drawn in the left-hand margin of p.2 pointing towards a section on idolatry.
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History
Date:
c.18th
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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Provenance:
Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) in Versailles at the sale of some of Léon Muller’s manuscripts on 31 March 1968.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Theodore Besterman (ed.), Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, vol.cxlviii (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 1976) p.14-16.
OCV Reference:
OCV, 84, Fragment 13c’, p.201-204, l.1-46
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