Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Camp de Hundsfeld and dated 24 July 1743 [D2795]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV36024

Shelfmark:

Français 12936 (p.319-322)

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Camp de Hundsfeld and dated 24 July 1743 [D2795]

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570

Content

People:

Incipit Diplomatic:

Combien mon Importun Lutein
Voudra t’il que je me promene

Incipit Modernised:

Combien mon importun Lutin
Voudra t’il que je me promène?

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In Own Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Camp de Hundsfeld and dated 24 July 1743.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

2 ff.

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Hands:

2

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Binding:

The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.

Additional Comments:

There is a stain running along the right-hand side of both folios caused by the ink border of the next letter in the bound volume. The MS was folded into four (since unfolded) and ink from another document has transferred onto the bottom of p.322

Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.120*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.319. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.319. The library stamp of Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol has been added to the upper right-hand corner of p.319. There are several minor corrections throughout p.319 in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected text superscript.

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History

Date:

24 July 1743

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).

Origin (transcript):

Camp de Husfeldt

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