Fragment of a contemporary copy of ‘Entretiens chinois’, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire
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CMV37574
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NAF 24343, f.302-303
Title:
Fragment of a contemporary copy of ‘Entretiens chinois’, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire
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Incipit Diplomatic:
ressource pour vôtre salût que de mettre le feu aux quatre coins de la Chine
Incipit Modernised:
[Çà répondez-moi; je suppose qu’il n’y a d’autre] ressource pour votre salut que de mettre le feu aux quatre coins de la Chine
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Fragment of a contemporary copy of ‘Entretiens chinois’, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire.
Detailed Summary:
The copy begins at l.244 of the text and runs to l.276.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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2
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Part of a bound volume of works pertaining to Voltaire.
Additional Comments:
There is a small, vaguely circular stain in the lower left-hand corner of f.302r. This may have been caused by a sealing wafer, suggesting either that additional paper was attached to this MS, or that this MS was attached to another document. The paper has been folded to create substantial left-hand margins on both the recto and verso sides.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Voltaire has made a series of corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected text superscript. Voltaire has added a lengthy marginal note to the left-hand margin of f.302r and to the bottom of f.303v.
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History
Date:
c.1759
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OCV Reference:
Vol.49A, p.439-442
OCV Manuscript Reference:
Vol.49A, p.422, ‘MS1’
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