Untitled draft of 28 chapters of the Précis du siècle de Louis XV, with autograph additions and corrections by Voltaire
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MS 4773
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Untitled draft of 28 chapters of the Précis du siècle de Louis XV, with autograph additions and corrections by Voltaire
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Untitled draft of 28 chapters of the Précis du siècle de Louis XV, with autograph additions and corrections by Voltaire
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This draft copy contains 28 chapters, the last of which concerns the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. There are corrections and additions in Voltaire’s hand throughout, and other additions (including some preceded by an asterisk) in different hands. Most of the chapters contain significant deletions and additions. The pages of this copy are, as is typical of Voltaire’s working manuscripts, divided into two columns. The right-hand column contains the text, whilst the left-hand column contains corrections, insertions, titles, and dates.
Eight smaller leaves are bound in before the text and are paginated on the odd pages. A note on p.ii states that: ‘Ces Remarques sont de m. le mis de Paulmy’. A note on p.iii states that the text is: ‘Extrait et remarques sur l’histoire de la guerre dernière par Voltaire 1752’.
This manuscript draft was sent from Postdam to the comte d’Argenson in Paris, as evidenced in a letter dated 3 October 1752 [D5028].
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The pages of the MS are divided in two, with the main text in the right-hand column and corrections and/or additions in the left-hand column. Eight smaller leaves have been bound into the front of the volume.
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There are significant corrections, additions, and deletions throughout. Some of these are in Voltaire’s hand. At the bottom of the front flysheet, which is otherwise blank, there is a provenance note written upside down that reads: ‘Ce manuscrit a été revu et corrigé par M. de Voltaire’.
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c.1752
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Potsdam
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vol.29A-29C
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vol.29A, p.171