Fair copy of Pandore, 1744

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CMV36573

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Collection Moulin I G 85

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Fair copy of Pandore, 1744

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Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

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Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of Pandore, 1744.

Detailed Summary:

The manuscript is a fair copy and is bound after a copy of  Tanis et Zélide which bears an following annotation stating that the work was a gift from Voltaire, though the annotation does not identify the beneficiary. This manuscript is part of a collection assembled by the lawyer Louis-Henri Moulin, and bequeathed to the Academy upon his death in 1885.

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34 pp.

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1744

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This manuscript is part of a collection assembled by the lawyer Louis-Henri Moulin, and bequeathed to l’Académie française upon his death in 1885.

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OCV Reference:

vol.18C, p.329-416

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.18C, p.354