Autograph letter from abbé de La Marre to Voltaire, dated 3 November 1735 [D936].
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CMV33902
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5-240 (II, f.95-96), ‘Lettre de Delamarre à Voltaire, Paris, 3 novembre 1735, précédé de l’Arbre et l’Oiseau, poésie’
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Autograph letter from abbé de La Marre to Voltaire, dated 3 November 1735 [D936].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
L’arbre & L’oiseau / Un oisillon nouveau fils de L’esté
Incipit Modernised:
L’arbre & L’oiseau / Un oisillon nouveau fils de L’été
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from abbé de La Marre to Voltaire, dated 3 November 1735.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is an autograph letter containing a poem ‘l’Arbre et l’Oiseau’. The poem, counting 61 lines, engages with the themes of protection, shelter, respite and help. This thematic motif concerning the solace in protection resonates throughout the body of the letter. Here, the sender emphasises his gratitude for Voltaire’s protection, offering editorial assistance in return by proposing to correct Les épreuves de votre Brutus (Mort de César). Remuneration for this editorial service was meant to be issued by Nicolas Claude Thieriot (see D951). According to T. D. N. Besterman, the manuscript’s foliation is 96.
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1 f.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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3 November 1735
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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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