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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from the Hague and dated 23/24 July 1743 [D2794]
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CMV36837
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Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
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I. HA Rep. 96, Nr. 96 Xx, ‘Schriftwechsel mit Voltaire’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ce joyeau que par dessus tous / Je verray, (sans m’en faire acroire)
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Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from the Hague and dated 23/24 July 1743.
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Letter, Poetry
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ALS
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Ink on paper
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2 ff.
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The Hague, Netherlands
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Briefwechsel Friedrichs des Grossen mit Voltaire, hrsg. von Reinhold Koser und Hans Droysen, 2. Teil: 1740-1753, Leipzig 1909 (Publikationen aus den K. Preußischen Staatsarchiven, 28), Nr. 237, S. 179f.
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