Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, dating to 12 August 1757 [D7341]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36025
Repository:
Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.323-324)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, dating to 12 August 1757 [D7341]
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Reproductions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous remersie de la part que vous prenéz à mes succéz et a mes Malheurs.
Incipit Modernised:
Je vous remercie de la part que vous prenéz à mes succéz et à mes malheurs.
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In Own Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, dating to 12 August 1757.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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Hands:
3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The right-hand and bottom edges of the paper have been outlined in black ink, a practice typically used to denote that either the sender or the recipient were in mourning. There is a large ink blot in the upper left-hand corner of p.323.The MS was folded in half vertically (since unfolded).
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.121*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.323. The same hand has also noted that the letter is unknown in the lower left-hand corner of p.323. A third hand has also added a provenance note to the lower left-hand corner of p.323.
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History
Date:
[12 August 1757]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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