Secretarial copy of ‘Eléments de critique’, written in the hand of Wagnière with corrections by Voltaire and dated 1763

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CMV36521

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Français 12939 (fol.175-182)

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Secretarial copy of ‘Eléments de critique’, written in the hand of Wagnière with corrections by Voltaire and dated 1763

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Voltaire: Author, Editor

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Partly

Brief Summary:

Secretarial copy of ‘Eléments de critique’, written in the hand of Wagnière with corrections by Voltaire. The MS is dated 1763.

Detailed Summary:

The text was published in the Gazette littéraire de l’Europe in January 1764. This MS features several variants compared to the text of the Gazette littéraire.

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8 ff.

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2

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Undecorated

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Voltaire has corrected the text throughout.

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January 1764

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OCV Reference:

vol.58, p.123-126

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.58, p.125