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Contemporary manuscript copy of La Pucelle D’Orleans
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CMV34117
Repository:
Senate House Library, University of London
Shelfmark:
MS249, ‘La Pucelle D’Orleans’
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Language(s):
French
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Brief Summary:
Manuscript volume copy of Voltaire’s La Pucelle D’Orleans, (1750), a satirical poem about Joan of Arc.
Detailed Summary:
The heading to each ‘Chant’ is written in green ink, with marginal notes in a different hand from the text.
Keyword(s):
La pucelle d’Orleans
Genre(s):
Poetry
Status:
Copy (Contemporary)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
301 ff.
Format:
4to
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Marginal notes have been added throughout in a different hand from the text.
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Date:
1750
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A letter from Dr Claudine I Wilson regarding the date of the manuscript is inserted.
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