Draft of the entry ‘Conquête’ for ‘Questions sur l’Encyclopédie’, written in the hand of Wagnière with a note added in the hand of Voltaire

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CMV37534

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NAF 24343, f.294

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Draft of the entry ‘Conquête’ for ‘Questions sur l’Encyclopédie’, written in the hand of Wagnière with a note added in the hand of Voltaire

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Voltaire: Author

Incipit Diplomatic:

Quand les Silésiens, et les Saxons disent, nous sommes la conquête du Roy de Prusse, celà ne veut pas dire, le Roi de prusse nous a plû; mais seulement, il nous a subjuguet.

Incipit Modernised:

Quand les Silésiens, et les Saxons disent: Nous sommes la conquête du roi de Prusse, cela ne veut pas dire, le roi de Prusse nous a plu; mais seulement, il nous a subjugués.

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Draft of the entry ‘Conquête’ for Questions sur l’Encyclopédie, written in the hand of Wagnière with a note added in the hand of Voltaire.

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1 f.

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2

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Part of a bound volume.

Additional Comments:

There is a stain to the lower right-hand corner of f.294v that appears to have been caused by a brown-black liquid, possibly ink.

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There are several corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, and the addition of ommitted text superscript. Select words and phrases have been underlined and Voltaire has added a note to the upper left-hand corner of f.294r reading: ‘réponse à un questioneur sur le mot conquete’.

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OCV Reference:

vol.34, p.212-214

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.34, p.94, ‘MS4’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

13 October 2025