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Fair copy of ‘Avis’ dated 12 January 1761
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV37609
Repository:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Shelfmark:
Français 12941, ‘XLVII « Lettres familières, billets d’amitié, etc. » de Voltaire ; copies. (1721-1762)’, f.469-470 (no. 194)
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Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Fair copy of ‘Avis’ dated 12 January 1761.
Detailed Summary:
This MS presents the unauthorised changes proposed by Étienne Noël Damilaville and Nicolas-Claude Thiriot, as well as the corresponding deletions to Voltaire’s original text.
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Corrections
Status:
Copy (Contemporary), Copy (Fair)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
234 x 185 mm
Hands:
1
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Binding:
Part of a bound volume of copies of Voltaire’s correspondence.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
12 January 1761
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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OCV Reference:
vol.52, p.397-411
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.52, p.405-406, ‘MS1’
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