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Fragment of Frederick II of Prussia’s original manuscript of Eloge de Voltaire, dated 1778
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CMV36845
Repository:
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Shelfmark:
BPH, Rep. 47, Nr. 814, ‘”Eloge de Voltaire”‘
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French
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The MS states that the Eloge was ‘commencé à Alstad, continué à Trautenbac, fini à Schatzlar’.
Keyword(s):
Eulogy
Genre(s):
Poetry
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Fragment
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2 ff.
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Owned by Frederick II of Prussia.
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Origin:
Alstad, Sweden, Trutnov, Czech Republic, Žacléř, Czech Republic
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