Contemporary copy of ‘Du Déisme’, dating to c.1748-1750

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CMV:

CMV37480

Shelfmark:

NAF 2778 (fol.73-74)

Title:

Contemporary copy of ‘Du Déisme’, dating to c.1748-1750

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No related manuscripts found.

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

Le deisme est une Religion repandue dans touttes les Religiones

Incipit Modernised:

Le déisme est une religion répandue dans toutes les religions

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of ‘Du Déisme’, dating to c.1748-1750.

Detailed Summary:

This copy of the text contains substantial variants, many of which do not appear in the print editions. A correction on line 23 which corrects ‘déisme’ to ‘théisme’ indicates that the MS was produced between 1748 and 1750.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

2 ff.

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1

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Binding:

Part of a bound volume of documents relating to Voltaire.

Additional Comments:

There is a faint stain in the lower left-hand corner of f.73r.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

There is a minor correction to l.13 of f.73v in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.

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History

Date:

1748-1750

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

I.O. Wade, ‘The Search for a new Voltaire’, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 48 (1958), p.82.

OCV Reference:

vol.28B, p.1-21

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.28B, p.6, ‘MS’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

4 August 2025