Tracing of autograph note from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire dated 1752 [D5096] with an autograph reply from Voltaire added beneath the letter [D5097]
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CMV33813
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Français 12933 (fol.10)
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Tracing of autograph note from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire dated 1752 [D5096] with an autograph reply from Voltaire added beneath the letter [D5097]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23567
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Votre Efronterie m’etone, apres ce que Vous venéz de faire et qui est Clair Come le jour vous persistéz aulieu de Vous avouér Coupable
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Tracing of an autograph letter from Frederick II to Voltaire, with a traced reply from Voltaire at the bottom of the letter.
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Frederick writes that Voltaire’s cheekiness astonishes him. He threatens that after what Voltaire has done (printing the Diatribe) and his persistence in not confessing his guilt he may print everything because although his work might deserve status his conduct deserves chains. He concludes by writing that he has questioned the editor who has declared everything. Voltaire replies that he swears again on his life that this is all a frightful calumny. He urges Frederick to speak to more people and condemns him for judging him without a hearing. He concludes with a demand for justice and death.
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1 f.
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2
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There is some minor damage to the bottom edge of the letter. The upper right-hand corner of f.10r has been folded diagonally (since unfolded).
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The page is stamped with the library stamp of Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol and the Bibliothèque Impériale.
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