Copy of ‘Mémoire du Sieur de Voltaire’ produced by A. de Gouroff in the neneteenth century
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CMV37453
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Français 12943, ‘XLIX « Collection de lettres inédites de Voltaire, provenant de la bibliothèque impériale de St-Pétersbourg,» envoyées à Beuchot, par M. de Gouroff.’
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Copy of ‘Mémoire du Sieur de Voltaire’ produced by A. de Gouroff in the neneteenth century
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Au milieu de ce tumulte d’intérêts publics et particuliers
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Brief Summary:
Copy of Mémoire du Sieur de Voltaire produced by A. de Gouroff in the neneteenth century.
Detailed Summary:
This copy, produced by Gouroff, rector of the University of St Petersburg, is addressed to Beuchot. It is a copy of a manuscript said to have been held in the archives of the Bastille which was is missing from the folder ‘Autographes 288’ at the National Library of Russia.
The copy differs from the printed version of the text in two key ways: the section on Rousseau is less developed, and the conclusion is different as it does not include the letter to P. Tournemine.
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15 ff.
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1
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Half binding.
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c.19th
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OCV Reference:
vol.20A, p.11-120
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.20A, p.76-77
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