Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated 13 November [1757] [D7460]
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CMV35193
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MA 986.34, ‘Autograph draft a letter : place not specified, to Frederick the Great, [1757] Nov. 13.’
Title:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated 13 November [1757] [D7460]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Votre épître à Dargens m’avait fait trembler, celle dont v. m. m’honore me rassure.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated 13 November [1757].
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Physical Description
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3 pp.
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Height: 231 mm
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The MS is headed ‘reponse au Roi de Prusse’. A note has been added in a second hand to p.1 which concern the date of the letter.
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History
Date:
13 November [1757]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison.
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot. 28) and the Sotheby’s sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot. 1768). Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.
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