Les deux tonneaux, esquisse d’un opera buffa

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV33878

Shelfmark:

5-240 (I, f.405-421), ‘Les deux tonneaux, esquisse d’un opera buffa’

Title:

Les deux tonneaux, esquisse d’un opera buffa

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Content

People:

Simon Bigex: Secretary
Voltaire: Author, Annotator
Jean-Louis Wagnière: Secretary, Annotator

Incipit Diplomatic:

Allons, enfants, à qui mieux mieux

Incipit Modernised:

Allons, enfants, à qui mieux mieux

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

The manuscript is a copy of Les deux tonneaux in Wagnière’s hand.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

17 ff.

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205 x 157 mm

Hands:

1

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Binding:

The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.

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The MS caries autographic corrections in Voltaire’s hand and Wagnière’s endorsement ‘bon original’.

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History

Date:

Pre-4 June 1767

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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)

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Record created by:

Aušra Bukniute

Record created on:

29 August 2024