Contemporary copy of a poem by Voltaire titled Sur le portrait de M. de Maupertuis (1741)
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CMV35084
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MA 634.2 (J), ‘Contemporary manuscript copy of several poems, [1747 or later].’
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Contemporary copy of a poem by Voltaire titled Sur le portrait de M. de Maupertuis (1741)
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ce monde mal connu qu’il a se mesurer
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Contemporary copy of a poem by Voltaire titled Sur le portrait de M. de Maupertuis (1741)
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Height: 182 mm
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Bound with other manuscripts in red morocco with gilt decoration. It is a Rivière binding. The binding is lettered on the spine and reads: ‘Voltaire / Manuscript original / Epitre au roy de Prusse’.
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A note has been added to the MS in a second, unknown had which suggests that the copy was made by one of Voltaire’s secretaries.
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c.1747
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Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1910 by Pierpont Morgan.
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