Incomplete contemporary copy of ‘Sur les contradictions de ce monde’, undated
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CMV37482
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NAF 2778 (fol.199-201)
Title:
Incomplete contemporary copy of ‘Sur les contradictions de ce monde’, undated
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Plus on voit ce monde et plus on le trouve tout plein de contradictions et d’inconsequence.
Incipit Modernised:
Plus on voit ce monde, et plus on le trouve tout plein de contradictions et d’inconséquences.
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Brief Summary:
Incomplete contemporary copy of ‘Sur les contradictions de ce monde’, undated.
Detailed Summary:
The text contains substantial variants, many of which do not appear in the print editions. A leaf between f.199 and f.200 appears to be missing.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
3 ff.
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1
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Bound with other documents relating to Voltaire.
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Undecorated
Additions:
There is a minor correction to l.6 of f.199r in the form of a crossing out, and a further correction to l.2 of f.200v in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
c.1742-1745
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
I.O. Wade, ‘The Search for a new Voltaire’, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 48 (1958), p.83.
OCV Reference:
vol.28B, p.45-71
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.28B, p.49, ‘MS’
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