Commonplace book of Lady Augusta Murray, c.1789
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CMV34107
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GEO/ADD/51/4b, ‘Lady Augusta Murray’s commonplace book’
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Commonplace book of Lady Augusta Murray, c.1789
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Les persecutions
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Brief Summary:
A commonplace book containing extracts from a number of Voltaire’s plays.
Detailed Summary:
The commonplace book features a number of Voltaire’s plays, including: f.1r, Guébres; f.2v, Le Triumvirat; f.3v, Alzire; f.5r, Les Lois de Minos; f.8v, Les Scythes; f.11r, Irène; f.12r, Oedipe; f.14v, Mariamne; f.16v, Le Mort de César; f.17v, Oreste; and f.21v, Adelaide du Guesclin.
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24 ff.
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Undecorated
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There are corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected text superstrict. A word at the bottom of f.11r has been partially scraped away.
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c.1789
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