Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 30 March 1759 [D8228].
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CMV33980
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5-240 (VII, f.20-21), ‘A Frédéric, 30 mai 1759 (M. 3820)’
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Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 30 March 1759 [D8228].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Quoi que tout le monde soit en armes et en allarmes, j’ai pourtant reçu tous les paquets de V: M: L’Epître à sa Béatitude madame l’abbesse de Quedlimbourg sur sa sacrée majesté
Incipit Modernised:
Quoi que tout le monde soit en armes et en alarmes, j’ai pourtant reçu tous les paquets de V: M: L’Épître à sa Béatitude madame l’abbesse de Quedlimbourg sur sa sacrée majesté
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Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 30 March 1759.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is a lettre en vers, featuring a poem comprised of ten lines. The author remarks on V: M: L’Epître à sa Béatitude madame l’abbesse de Quedlimbourg, and praises the courage of an unnamed princess, speculatively Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Additionally, according to T. D. N. Besterman, the foliation is 20.
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2 ff.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
30 March 1759
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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Provenance:
This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
OCV Reference:
104, p. 87–88
OCV Manuscript Reference:
104, p. 88
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