Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre d’un Turc’, undated
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CMV37518
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Clarke MS. 12-1961 (c)
Title:
Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre d’un Turc’, undated
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Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre d’un Turc’, undated.
Detailed Summary:
The MS is bound with three other texts by Voltaire which once formed part of the Boissy d’Anglas album. These texts are:
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Physical Description
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Extent:
3 ff.
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2
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Binding:
Modern binding.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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A second hand has written ‘on crit que cecy a eté imprimé c’est a vérifier’ beside the title on f.1r.
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History
Date:
c.1750
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Provenance:
Donated to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Louis C. G. Clarke who had bought the Boissy album in 1914.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.32A, p.143-158
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.32A, p.149, ‘MS’
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