Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33557
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.8-11)
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Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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767738209
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Apparemment madame que mon camarade Damon sert son roy aussi vite, qu’il rend tard les lettres des particuliers.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter written from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Potsdam and dated 31 May [1751].
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Voltaire discusses an invitation he received from the Prussian envoy Ammon to travel, adding that he has promised to stay with him briefly until September. He speaks highly of Frederick II of Prussia, noting that he has never seen such a hard-working man. Voltaire then turns to some publications of his works, adding that one should only write about kings what is worthy of posterity, and that he thinks the Paris edition is better than that of Rouen. Voltaire notes that he continues work on the Siècle de Louis XIV. He ends by advising du Deffand not to eat too much and not to be disgusted with life.
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4 pp.
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Height: 330 mm
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2
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The paper is watermarked with three different watermarks: text reading ‘Sebille van Ketel & Wassenbergh’; a shield with the initials ‘SKW’; and text reading ‘D&C Blauw’.
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The text is contained within frames of plummet. The binder’s blank flyleaves at the beginning and end are in c.19th wove paper. The binder has titled the collection: ‘Recueil de letters. Tome 1’.
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Undecorated
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There are corrections and marginal notes scattered throughout. Additional pencil annotations have been added in a later hand.
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