Contemporary copy of ‘A M. le duc de Richelieu sur son mariage’

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV37096

Shelfmark:

MS-FS-11-001 (fol.131v-132r), ‘Voltaire. Poésies diverses. Et poèmes relatifs à Voltaire’. Former shelfmark: MS Rés.2025

Title:

Contemporary copy of ‘A M. le duc de Richelieu sur son mariage’

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

De l’amour j’ai vu le dieu

Incipit Modernised:

De l’amour j’ai vu le dieu

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of ‘A M. le duc de Richelieu sur son mariage’.

Detailed Summary:

The poem was written to celebrate the marriage of Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duc de Richelieu.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 pp.

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Hands:

1

Watermark:

The paper is partially watermarked with a whale.

Countermark:

The paper is countermarked with the name ‘Adrian Rogge’.

Binding:

Half-bound in brown morocco.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

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History

Date:

c.1740

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

OCV Reference:

vol.14, p.508

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.14, p.508

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

13 January 2025