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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Rheinsberg and dated 6 November 1739 [D2109]
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CMV36900
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Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Shelfmark:
BPH, Rep. 47, Nr. 306, ‘Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher ami, J’ai été autans mortifié de L’état Infirme de Votre Santé, que j’ai été réjoui par la satisfaction que Vous me témoignéz de Ma préface
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ami, j’ai été autans mortifié de l’état infirme de votre santé, que j’ai été réjoui par la satisfaction que vous me témoignéz de ma préface
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French
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Rheinsberg and dated 6 November 1739.
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Letter
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ALS
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Ink on paper
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2 ff.
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Rheinsberg, Potsdam District, Brandenburg, Germany
Provenance:
Passed at the Villenave sale in Paris on 10 May 1873 (Lot. 26), the Bovet sale in Paris in 1887 (Lot. 999), and was bought by Etienne Charavay at a Charavay sale in Paris on 20 May 1890 (Lot. 57).
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