Copy of ‘Résumé historique et critique’, likely in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire
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CMV37519
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Clarke MS. 12-1961 (d)
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Copy of ‘Résumé historique et critique’, likely in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Copy of Résumé historique et critique, likely in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire.
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:
7 ff.
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3
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Modern binding
Additional Comments:
Slips of paper with additional passages of text have been affixed to the MS at f.1v and f.4r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The majority of the MS has been written in a hand likely to be that of Longchamp. The slips pasted in at f.1v and f.4r are likely written in Voltaire’s hand, as are the lengthy addition on f.6r and a series of corrections found throughout. The first paragraph of the slip at f.1r, however, is written in a third, unknown hand.
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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.
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OCV Reference:
vol.32A, 245-270
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.32A, p.250-251
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