Autograph letter from Louis Sébastien Bernin de Valentiné, marquis d’Ussé, to Voltaire, dated [1738/1739] [D1729a].
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CMV33919
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5-240 (II, f.183-186), ‘Lettre de d’Ussé à Voltaire, prose et vers’
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Autograph letter from Louis Sébastien Bernin de Valentiné, marquis d’Ussé, to Voltaire, dated [1738/1739] [D1729a].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
C’est en vain que je me propose
Incipit Modernised:
C’est en vain que je me propose
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Louis Sébastien Bernin de Valentiné, marquis d’Ussé, to Voltaire, dated [1738/1739].
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is a lettre en vers featuring four poems. The author profusely apologises for his lack of aptitude in accomplishing such an aesthetic feat (i.e., the creation of a lettre en vers), reflects on the subpar poetry produced by mediocre poets, and recounts his encounter with Madame du Châtelet in Paris. Additionally, according to T. D. N. Besterman, ‘ED1 proposes tentatively November/December 1738, but the reference to a meeting with mme Du Châtelet in Paris some time since is the only clue.’
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Physical Description
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4 ff.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
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[1738/1739]
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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)
OCV Reference:
vol.130, p.66–68
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.130, ‘MS1’, p.68
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