Autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 29 December 1748 [D3835]
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eBay Item Number: 175943535609, ‘Letter from Voltaire to Baculard d’Arnaud written during his last stay in Cirey, near Émilie du Châtelet’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 29 December 1748 [D3835]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
en attendant le paquet de berlin voicy une petite drolerie dont vous pourez régalir sa majesté prussienne
Incipit Modernised:
En attendant le paquet de Berlin, voici une petite drôlerie dont vous pourrez régaler sa majesté prussienne.
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Brief Summary:
An autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 29 December 1748.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire begins by saying that whilst they await the paquet from Berlin, he is sending the recipient a small funny thing with which to treat Frederic II of Prussia, adding that very unfaithful copies of it have been circulated. He instructs Baculard d’Arnaud to give him his thoughts on the trifle, and give him news of his tragedy Catiline. He ends by bidding farewell to Baculard d’Arnaud and noting that he will be in Cirey for all of January. In an addition to the copy of this letter used for the Besterman edition (BNF, MS f.fr. 12941, p.305), Voltaire also notes that he knowns nothing more of the paquet from England and awaits with impatience news of Frederic II, ending his letter with the line: ‘vous serez bien aimable de m’ecrire’.
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1 f.
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A second , unknown had has added the year ‘1748’ to the top of the letter.
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29 December [1748]
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Placed for sale at auction by Emmanuel Lorient in 2024, with an asking price of £2418.82.
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