Contemporary copy of ‘A madame la marquise Du Châtelet. De Cirey où il était pendant son exil, et où elle lui avait écrit de Paris’
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CMV:
CMV37097
Shelfmark:
MS-FS-11-001 (fol.88), ‘Voltaire. Poésies diverses. Et poèmes relatifs à Voltaire’. Former shelfmark: MS Rés.2025
Title:
Contemporary copy of ‘A madame la marquise Du Châtelet. De Cirey où il était pendant son exil, et où elle lui avait écrit de Paris’
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
On dit qu’autrefois Apollon
Incipit Modernised:
On dit qu’autrefois Apollon
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of ‘A madame la marquise Du Châtelet. De Cirey où il était pendant son exil, et où elle lui avait écrit de Paris’.
Detailed Summary:
The verse seems to have been composed during Voltaire’s stay at Cirey, likely in September/October 1734.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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1
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Binding:
Half-bound in brown morocco.
Additional Comments:
There is a small stain in the upper left-hand corner of f.88r. The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded).
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
An omitted line has been inserted superscript above l.15.
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History
Date:
c.1740
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.14, p.517-518
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.14, p.517
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