Verses Recited in a Small Gathering on November 20, 1776. ‘M. de la Sauvagère.’
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VERSES-RECITED-IN-A-SMALL-GATHERING-ON-NOVEMBER-20-1776-M-DE-LA-SAUVAGERE
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5-240 (II, f.311), ‘Vers récités dans une petite assemblée, le 20 novembre 1776. ‘M. de la Sauvagère.’’
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Verses Recited in a Small Gathering on November 20, 1776. ‘M. de la Sauvagère.’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Disciples rassemblés chez le sage d’Argence
Incipit Modernised:
Disciples rassemblés chez le sage d’Argence
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Partly
Brief Summary:
The manuscript is a collection of verses titled ‘Vers récités dans une petite assemblée, le 20 novembre 1776. M. de la Sauvagère’, with ‘M. de la Sauvagère’ written in Voltaire’s hand.
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1 f.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
1776
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
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Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970), p.15.
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