Old copy of Retraite d’un amant

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CMV34504

Shelfmark:

FS 321 A 52-54, ‘Retraite d’un amant par Voltaire […] [texte manuscrit]’

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Old copy of Retraite d’un amant

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Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

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Brief Summary:

Old copy of Retraite d’un amant.

Detailed Summary:

The text was printed for the first time in Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire (Amsterdam, 1740). Vol.v, p.349-350. It is alternately titled ‘Stances à Madame du Châtelet’.

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3 pp.

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Bound with other manuscripts in full fawn calf.

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History

Date:

post-1740

Ownership:

Owned by Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024