Old copy of Epitre de Mr. de Voltaire à Mr. de M***
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CMV34493
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FS 321 A 218-228, ‘Epitre de Mr. de Voltaire à Mr. de M*** [texte manuscrit]’
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Old copy of Epitre de Mr. de Voltaire à Mr. de M***
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Brief Summary:
Old copy of Epitre de Mr. de Voltaire à Mr. de M***.
Detailed Summary:
The piece was printed under the title ‘À Monsieur de Mauléon’ in vol.5 of the Collection complète des oeuvres de Monsieur de Voltaire (Amsterdam [Rouen], 1764), and in Épîtres, satires, contes et pièces fugitives du poète philosophe (London [Bouillon], 1771), p.392. Bengesco contested the authorship of the piece and claimed it was not, in fact, by Voltaire.
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11 pp.
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Bound with other manuscripts in full fawn calf.
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History
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1772
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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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