Heavily revised autograph draft of Du beau palais de Luneville

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CMV34556

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MA 635.4, ‘Du beau palais de Luneville : autograph poem draft, [before 1749 Aug. 15?].’

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Heavily revised autograph draft of Du beau palais de Luneville

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Content

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Voltaire: Author, Editor

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Brief Summary:

Heavily revised autograph draft of Du beau palais de Luneville.

Detailed Summary:

Voltaire sent a copy of this poem to Charles Juste de Beauvau and Marie Sophie de La Tour d’Auvergne on 15 August 1749 [D3985], suggesting that this draft predates the letter.

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1 pp.

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Height: 184 mm

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Undecorated

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History

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pre-15 August 1749

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Provenance:

Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1910 by Pierpont Morgan.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024