Autograph letter from Voltaire to Laurent-François Prault, dating to c.25 September 1736 [D1156]
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CMV33845
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Français 12934 (fol.14)
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Laurent-François Prault, dating to c.25 September 1736 [D1156]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23568
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mr praut est prié tres instament de mettr[e] un nouvau carton a la fin du septieme chant a cet endroit que je corrige ainsi
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Laurent-François Prault, dating to c.25 September 1736.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that Prault should urgently add a new passage to the end of the seventh canto. He provides this passage, then asks Prault to send him a note as soon as it is printed, asking him to give Mr. Robert, a lawyer who is leaving for Cirey, a copy of everything printed from La Henriade. He concludes by saying that he is also sending a preface which must be printed in front of Mr. Cochi’s letter and that Prault should also send him a copy of this once it is printed. Only the first two lines of the text Voltaire provides in this letter were incorporated into La Henriade.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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–
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1
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been inserted into a paper frame, occluding the date, and small amounts of text such as the endings of words. There is an ink stain on the right-hand side of f.15v, possibly a finger print.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has added a marginal note next to his proposed additional passage that reads: ‘Philippe d’orleans regent de france’.
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Owned by Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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