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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Berlin and dated 8 January 1739 [D1754]
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CMV36872
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Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
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BPH, Rep. 47, Nr. 1167 (I), ‘Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher ami, je m’étais bien flatté que l’Epître sur l’humanité pourrais mériter votre approbation par les sentiments qu’elle renferme; mais j’espérait en même temps que vous voudriez bien faire la critique de la poésie et du style.
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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Berlin and dated 8 January 1739.
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Letter, Poetry
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ALS
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Berlin, Germany
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