Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 5 May 1767 [D14162]

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CMV36942

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BPH, Rep. 47, Nr. 379 (37), ‘Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de’

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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 5 May 1767 [D14162]

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J’aurais cru, pendant les troubles qui désolaient l’Europe, que la terre de Ferney et la ville de Genève étaient comme l’arche où quelques justes furent préservés des calamités publiques.

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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 5 May 1767.

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Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024