Contemporary copy of ‘La Crepinade de Voltaire sur Rousseau’

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV36797

Shelfmark:

NAF 24343, f.8, ‘La Crepinade de Voltaire sur Rousseau’

Title:

Contemporary copy of ‘La Crepinade de Voltaire sur Rousseau’

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, R 17252

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

Le Diable un jour se trouvant de loisir

Incipit Modernised:

Le Diable un jour se trouvant de loisir

Language(s):

In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of La Crépinade in an unknown hand.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

1 f.

Format:

Dimensions:

261 x 183 mm

Hands:

1

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Additional Comments:

The manuscript has been folded in four, resulting in damage in the centre of the leaf. Attempts have been made to mend the damage, possibly in the twentieth century. There are spots of blue ink in the lower right hand corner of the page.

Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A library stamp has been stamped on the verso side. The number ’18’ has been added in pencil to the upper left hand corner of the verso side.

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History

Date:

c.1736

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Provenance:

Formerly part of the papers of Wagnière, according to a provenance not on the leaf proceeding this MS copy. Passed at the Maggs sale in 1933.

Bibliography

Bibliography:

OCV Reference:

vol.16, p.315-329

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.16, p.322, ‘MS4’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024