M. de Lauraguais à un philosophe
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CMV33922
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5-240 (II, f.197-198), ‘M. de Lauraguais à un philosophe’
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M. de Lauraguais à un philosophe
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai vu périr Gisors et perdre une victoire
Incipit Modernised:
J’ai vu périr Gisors et perdre une victoire
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2 ff.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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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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This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
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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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