Old copy of Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
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CMV34492
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FS 321 A 79-118, ‘Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, par Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
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Old copy of Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
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Brief Summary:
Old copy of Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
Detailed Summary:
The poem was printed for the first time in 1756. The copy contains the preface (p.79-86), the note of Pope on the preface (p.87-93), the poem (p.94-105), and notes (p.106-118).
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39 pp.
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Bound with other manuscripts in full fawn calf.
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post-1756
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Owned by Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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