Contemporary copy of ‘Epître sur La Calomnie’, produced by François-Louis Jamet on Monday 7 June 1734

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV36658

Shelfmark:

Français 15362 (p.425-432), ‘^Epître^ Sur La Calomnie’

Title:

Contemporary copy of ‘Epître sur La Calomnie’, produced by François-Louis Jamet on Monday 7 June 1734

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Ecoutez-moi ma ^respectable^ charmante Emilie

Incipit Modernised:

Ecoutez-moi, ma charmante Emilie

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No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of ‘Epître sur La Calomnie’, produced by François-Louis Jamet on Monday 7 June 1734.

Detailed Summary:

The MS is almost identical to a second copy of the work found in the same volume (CMV36657). Variants appear to have been taken from a later version of the work, likely the 1740 Paris edition, and have been added above the line and in the margins.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

8 pp.

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Dimensions:

210 × 160 mm

Hands:

1

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Binding:

Bound in calf.

Additional Comments:

There is an ink splatter in the left-hand margin of p.428 and some minor ink transfer from facing pages throughout.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

Variants and additional information, such as the identification of ‘Emilie’ as Emilie du Châtelet have been added above the line and in the margins. Marginal notes are linked to the main text through the use of shared symbols. There is a correction to the second word of l.17 on p.425 in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript, and the same on l.23 of p.427 and l.14-18 of p.429. There is a further correction to l.16 of p.430 in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. The final two lines of p.426, and the first five lines of p.427 have been placed within a bracket.

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History

Date:

7 June 1734

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Origin (transcript):

[France]

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

OCV Reference:

vol.9, p.271-308

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.9, p.285