Autograph letter from Paul Desforges-Maillard to Voltaire, written from Le Croisic and dated 1 January 1746 [D3304].
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CMV33936
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5-240 (II, f.306-307), ‘Lettre de Desforges Maillard, 1er janvier 1746, à Voltaire’
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Autograph letter from Paul Desforges-Maillard to Voltaire, written from Le Croisic and dated 1 January 1746 [D3304].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
L’année après un tour de sa roue à douze rayons revient, Monsieur, au jour équivoque des bons souhaits et des belles promesses
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L’année après un tour de sa roue à douze rayons revient, Monsieur, au jour équivoque des bons souhaits et des belles promesses
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No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Paul Desforges-Maillard to Voltaire, written from Le Croisic and dated 1 January 1746.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is a lettre en vers in the hand of Paul Desforges-Maillard, featuring seven poems. The author, praising Voltaire’s formidable superiority of intellect and character, implicitly urges his addressee to help him secure employment. The letter cites and refers to De rerum natura by Lucretius and Œdipe by Corneille.
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2 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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1 January 1746
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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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