Epître à M. de Voltaire sur l’inconstance du public envers les grands hommes, 1752
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CMV33950
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5-240 (III, f.177-183), ‘Epître à M. de Voltaire sur l’inconstance du public envers les grands hommes, 1752’
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Epître à M. de Voltaire sur l’inconstance du public envers les grands hommes, 1752
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
L’amitié d’un grand roi t’enlève à ta patrie
Incipit Modernised:
L’amitié d’un grand roi t’enlève à ta patrie
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No
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Physical Description
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7 ff.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
1752
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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.
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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