Manuscript copy of two pages of Anti-machiavel, written in the hand of Frederick II of Prussia with autograph corrections by Voltaire
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CMV35225
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MA 6424, ‘Anti-machiavel : autograph manuscript of two pages, with revisions by Voltaire, undated.’
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Manuscript copy of two pages of Anti-machiavel, written in the hand of Frederick II of Prussia with autograph corrections by Voltaire
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Brief Summary:
Manuscript copy of two pages of Anti-machiavel, written in the hand of Frederick II of Prussia with autograph corrections by Voltaire.
Detailed Summary:
The pages appear to be a copy of part of Chaptetr 2 of the work.
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2 pp.
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Height: 209 mm
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Voltaire has corrected the text throughout. The first page is titled ‘Chap. 2’. A note at the bottom of p.2, dated 11 October 1834, reads ‘Dailledouze jardiniet de ferney’.
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c.1740
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Gifted to the Morgan Library by Margaret G. Cobb in 2007. Margaret G. Cobb had inherited the MS from her father. The MS was received by the Morgan Library in a folder from Goodspeed’s Book Shop, Boston.
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