Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’Argens, written from Meissen and dated 25 [November 1762]

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CMV35227

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MA 640.46, ‘Autograph letter signed : Meissen, to his chamberlain, the Marquis d’Argens, [1762 Nov.] 25.’

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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’Argens, written from Meissen and dated 25 [November 1762]

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Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’Argens, written from Meissen and dated 25 [November 1762].

Detailed Summary:

Frederick begins by discussing the works he has been reading, including those by Pythagoras, Lucian, Timaeus, Johann Jakob Scheffmacher, and Voltaire. He then notes that they are encamped for the winter and that arrangements are being made to see the Marquis in Leipzig.

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2 pp.

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Height: 231 mm

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25 [November 1762]

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Purchased from Amsler & Ruthardt in Berlin in 1910 by Pierpont Morgan.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024