Prault introduces himself as the son of a man who has printed some of Voltaire’s work, claiming that he has now established a business separate from his father, after his father gave him all of Voltaire’s writings that he had. Prault claims that he is ready to publish a volume titled Receuil D1 which would contain various historical pieces by Voltaire. He writes that he sent a copy of the Receuil to the printers without reading it and, before sending it out into the public, thought to check a copy. He found a libellous work that he has attached for Voltaire to view, stating he is happy to cut this out to save Voltaire’s reputation. He concludes by saying that Voltaire should not worry about this work getting out into the public as he will burn every copy to protect him.