Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated November 1736 [D1187a]

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CMV35127

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MA 986.1, ‘Autograph draft of a letter signed “V” : [Amsterdam], to Frederick the Great, 1736 Nov.’

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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated November 1736 [D1187a]

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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated November 1736.

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3 pp.

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Height: 320 mm

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November 1736

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Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024