Verses composed for the portrait of the Cont d’Aranda [July 1770]
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CMV35596
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Lambert-David.VDivers.7.c.Manufacture de montres de Ferney. Pièce de vers manuscrite sur le portrait du compte d’Aranda
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Verses composed for the portrait of the Cont d’Aranda [July 1770]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Le Barbouilleur de mon village
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Brief Summary:
Verses composed for the portrait of the Cont d’Aranda [July 1770].
Detailed Summary:
The verse was sent with a letter from Voltaire to Pierre Paul d’Ossun, marquis d’Ossun, written from Ferney and dated 16 July 1770 [D16527], and a price list for watches produced at a Ferney factory. One of the watches available was a repeating watch featuring a portrait of Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Jiménez de Urrea, 10th Count of Aranda. The verse mentions his triumph over the Jesuits, his suppression of superstition, and his masterful control of Spain.
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Physical Description
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1 ff.
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312 x 208 mm
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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[16 July 1770]
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