Autograph copy of ‘Quatrains d’un homme qui avoit le malheur d’avoir 47 ans’, dating to c.1741-1745
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CMV37398
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Sotheby’s, Lot. 47, ‘Voltaire Quatrains d’un homme qui avoit le malheur d’avoir 47 ans.manuscrit autographe[entre 1741-1745]’
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Autograph copy of ‘Quatrains d’un homme qui avoit le malheur d’avoir 47 ans’, dating to c.1741-1745
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Incipit Diplomatic:
si vous voulez que jaune encore
Incipit Modernised:
Si vous voulez que jaune encore
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph copy of ‘Quatrains d’un homme qui avoit le malheur d’avoir 47 ans’, dating to c.1741-1745.
Detailed Summary:
This poem would later feature in a letter from Voltaire to Cideville (D2512) and was published in the 1745 edition of his works (Tome VI, in Stances à madame du Châtelet) published in Amsterdam by Etienne Ledet. An expanded version was printed in Tome V of the 1746 London edition.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn topped with a crown, and the initials ‘FA’.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS features one vertical and three horizontal fold lines. There is minor foxing throughout.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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There is a minor correction in the penultimate quatrain.
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History
Date:
1741-1745
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Provenance:
Passed at a Sotheby’s sale (Lot. 47).
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