Algarotti begins by stating that it has been two months since he last heard from Vannucchi, adding that he is waiting for more sonnets from this great philosopher and poet. He then notes that he will be going to Potsdam the following day to meet with Frederick II of Prussia and present him with some of his verses as Frederick had stated that Vannucchi’s muse was ‘quasi celeste’. Algarotti then turns to Voltaire and Samuel Formey, remarking that the both share his enthusiasm for th translations of the Iliad produced by Paolo Brazzolo, before going on to discuss Frederick’s moods and literary interests. He ends with a mention of his friend, Scipione Maffei. In a postscript appended to the letter, Algarotti sends greetings from Voltaire and thanks Vannucchi for his learned essay on dreams and appatitions.

Also included with the allegory is a sonnet based on verse by Voltaire, and a longer poem that satirically compares a poor student to a herring.

The collection includes:
1) Satires, epigrams, sonnets, and other pieces in verse composed by an admirer of Voltaire.
2) Copy of Phillippiques against the Duke of Orleans by Lagrange-Chancel
3) Pieces from the beginning of the 17th century. I) Letter from Marie de Médicis on the trial of the Maréchal de Marillac. II) Some pieces against Mazarin such as “Le Hardy frondeur à Mr le Duc de Beaufort”, and “Sur la retraite des Mazarinettes au Val de Grâce”, or “Verses against Mr le Prince de Condé”.
4) Several pieces in a very free vein, such as “sonnet” and a “madrigal”
5) Several pieces on the Régiment de la Calotte, a facetious and satirical company created in 1702
6) Satires on the Court of Louis XIV and attacks on noble characters of the time of the Fronde. I) “le Roy à mesdames de la Vallière et de Montespan”. II) “Les chambres de la Cour et de la Ville”. III) “Logemens des Dames avec leurs proverbes”
7) “Idée de la personne, de la cour de la manière de vivre du roy de Prusse, 1753”