Autograph copy of Adieu à la Vie, c.1778
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CMV34558
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MA 638.87, ‘Adieu je vais dans ce pays : autograph manuscript, [1778?].’
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Autograph copy of Adieu à la Vie, c.1778
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Adieu je vais dans ce pays
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph copy of Adieu à la Vie, c.1778.
Detailed Summary:
The poem muses on death and the transitory nature of life.
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Physical Description
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3 pp.
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Height: 176 mm
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Undecorated
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History
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c.1778
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[Ferney]
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Provenance:
Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1900 by Pierpont Morgan.
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