Le berger, le chien et le loup

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CMV33886

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5-240 (II, f.31-33), ‘Le berger, le chien et le loup, fable, par le même’

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Le berger, le chien et le loup

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Brief Summary:

The manuscript is the fable by Claude de Loynes d’Autroche in the author’s hand and accompanies D20391.

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3 ff.

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

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History

Date:

7 November 1776

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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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Provenance:

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)

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Record created by:

Aušra Bukniute

Record created on:

29 August 2024