Épître à Uranie

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CMV34005

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MS 028, ‘Epitre a Uranie: Le fameux livre des trois imposteurs traduit du latin en françois. Dissertation sur Le livre des trois imposteurs: Le fameux livre des trois imposteurs traduit du latin en françois’

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Épître à Uranie

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1016186249

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Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

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Brief Summary:

A fair copy of Épître à Uranie taken from a manuscript in the library of Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Detailed Summary:

The MS is bound together with a French translation of de Tribus Impostoribus.

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250 pp.

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History

Date:

Before 1736

Ownership:

Owned by Robert Montgomery and Barry Brown.

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Provenance:

Acquired by McMaster University from Barry Brown in the 1960s.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024