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Old copy of Retraite d’un amant
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CMV:
CMV34504
Repository:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
Shelfmark:
FS 321 A 52-54, ‘Retraite d’un amant par Voltaire […] [texte manuscrit]’
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French
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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’.
Keyword(s):
Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet
Genre(s):
Poetry
Status:
Copy (Old)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
3 pp.
Format:
8vo
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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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