Recueil de poësies /
manuscrit appt. à Mr. Monteil.
Description
- Related Names
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Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Monteil, Amans Alexis, 1769-1850, former owner.
Graux, Lucien, 1878-1944, former owner.
Caryol, Louis-Nicolas de, former owner.
Lavedan, Henri, 1859-1940, former owner.
- Language(s)
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French
- Published
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[France] : [Producer not identified], [between 1749-1850]
- Note
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Unknown scribe; text in same hand in brown ink with page numbers in hand at outer top of each page; annotations in black ink and coloured pencils in different hands, some offering instructions such as "ne pas l'imprimer" (p.87); bound for Monteil.
Two of the poems
A collection of approximately 100 poems, odes, épîtres, and verses whose compiler and scribe is unknown; large portion of works attributed to Voltaire; full list of works compiled by bookseller and inserted.
Approximate dates from text: Mme du Chatelet died in 1749; first known owner, Aman-Alexis Monteil, died in 1850.
Cover title.
Manuscript.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: acquired by the Library from Le Scriptorial Documents et manuscrits anciens in July 2016; bookseller's description inserted.
- Physical Description
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unnumbered pages ;
21 cm
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