Epître de M. de Voltaire au Pape Clement XIV au Sujet de l’Ordonnnance de sa Sainteté qui deffend la Castration
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CMV34157
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MS Voltaire 004 (Lee), ‘Epître de M. de Voltaire au Pape Clement XIV au Sujet de l’Ordonnnance de sa Sainteté qui deffend la Castration.’
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Epître de M. de Voltaire au Pape Clement XIV au Sujet de l’Ordonnnance de sa Sainteté qui deffend la Castration
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OCLC Number:
936107756
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Nous vantons la Philosophie, / Mais que seru son triste flambeau?
Incipit Modernised:
Nous vantons la Philosophie, / Mais que seru son triste flambeau?
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No
Brief Summary:
Secretarial copy of a poem, ‘Les Castrats’, attributed to Voltaire.
Detailed Summary:
The poem concerns the castration of young singers, and Pope Clement XIV’s attitudes towards this practice. The poem may have been written by Charles Bordes (1711-1781).
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Physical Description
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4 ff.
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Height: 220 mm
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The pages are bound together with blue ribbon.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
post-1770
Ownership:
Owned by J. Patrick Lee (1942-2006).
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Provenance:
Acquired from Farshaw’s Fine Old Books via Biblio.com in January 2008. Acquired by McGill University Library in 2013.
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OCV Reference:
146, ‘Les Castrats’, p.344-348.
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