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Le codicille de Monsieur de Voltaire : manuscript, undated [1762?].

BIB_ID
231246
Accession number
MA 634.1
Display Date
undated [1762?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 21.4 cm
Notes
With a note on verso: "Le codicile de M. de Voltaire / Trouvée dans ses papiers aprez son décès."
Bound with a contemporary manuscript copy of several of Voltaire's poems (MA 634.2), which has been cataloged separately; see related record for more information
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.
Summary
Originally cataloged as an actual codicil to Voltaire's will; identified in 2024 as a satirical work that appeared in pamphlet form in 1762.