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La Pucelle d'Orleans : poëme heroïcomique

Title
La Pucelle d'Orleans : poëme heroïcomique : manuscript, [175-?] / par Mr. de Voltaire.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.

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Additional Authors
  • Sanlot de Bospin, E. R. A., -1811.
  • Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of, 1858-1945.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection.
Description
1; 24 cm. (4to)
Summary
Version in 15 cantos, corresponding to the earliest printed (unauthorized) eds., 1755, with place of publication given as Louvain (actually Frankfort am Main) or Paris (actually Amsterdam), 1755.
Alternative Title
Abregé de l'histoire de Jeanne Darc.
Subjects
Note
  • Title page: p. [17].
  • For discussion of other extant contemporary mss., cf. apparatus by J. Vercruysse in his critical ed. of La Pucelle d'Orléans (Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 7), p. 71-96.
  • Unpaged. Four blank leaves at beginning and 21 at end not included in count, above.
  • In ink, in an unidentified calligraphic hand. Each p. with border ruled in red (including blank leaves).
  • "Abregé de l'histoire de Jeanne Darc": p. [1-12].
  • "Lhistoire de la Pucelle a été mise en poëme dramatique par le pere Fronton Duduc, jésuit, sous ce titre: Histoire tragique de la Pucelle de Dom Remy autrement d'Orleans" (synopsis of the dramatic poem by Du Duc): p. [13-15].
  • Accompanied by portfolio containing 16 leaves of ms. notes (on 16 folded sheets) detailing differences from other contemporary mss. of the poem, as listed in Vercruysse.
Provenance (note)
  • Mr. Sanlot de Bospin, fermier gen[ér]al (armorial bookplate); E libris Roberti Marchionis de Crewe (armorial bookplate; also bears his interlocked C-reversed C label). Inscription on front flyleaf, largely obliterated except for "à Londres." Inscription on verso of free front endpaper, in an unidentified hand: "Rare manuscript formerly the property of Mr. de Voltaire, who presented it to one of the Royal Princes, before it was printed."
Binding (note)
  • Binding: 18th-century dark red morocco, gilt. Binder's title: Histoir[e] de Jeanne d'Arc.
Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Pucelle. 1750 ) 08-40
OCLC
191602893
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Title
La Pucelle d'Orleans : poëme heroïcomique : manuscript, [175-?] / par Mr. de Voltaire.
Binding
Binding: 18th-century dark red morocco, gilt. Binder's title: Histoir[e] de Jeanne d'Arc.
Provenance
Mr. Sanlot de Bospin, fermier gen[ér]al (armorial bookplate); E libris Roberti Marchionis de Crewe (armorial bookplate; also bears his interlocked C-reversed C label). Inscription on front flyleaf, largely obliterated except for "à Londres." Inscription on verso of free front endpaper, in an unidentified hand: "Rare manuscript formerly the property of Mr. de Voltaire, who presented it to one of the Royal Princes, before it was printed."
Local Note
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Added Author
Sanlot de Bospin, E. R. A., -1811. Former owner
Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of, 1858-1945. Former owner
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Added Title
Abregé de l'histoire de Jeanne Darc.
Research Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Pucelle. 1750 ) 08-40
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