Autograph letter signed from Louisa Ulrica, queen of Sweden to Voltaire, written from Berlin and dated 11 October 1743 [D2863]
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CMV34279
Shelfmark:
FS 317 C 21, ‘Lettre de Ulrique de Prusse, future reine de Suède, à Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Louisa Ulrica, queen of Sweden to Voltaire, written from Berlin and dated 11 October 1743 [D2863]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
C’est pour vous faire part, Monsieur, de l’avanture la plus étrange de ma vie, que j’ai le plaisir de vous Ecrire.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Louisa Ulrica, queen of Sweden to Voltaire, written from Berlin and dated 11 October 1743.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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228 x 185 mm
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2
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Bound with other letters in full red morocco, framed with three gilded fillets and a decorated spine. The edges are gilded.
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A second, unknown hand has added a note to the MS which reads ‘de la princesse Ulrique de Prusse depuis Reine de Suede’.
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History
Date:
11 October 1743
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot. 109) before entering the Morrison collection. Passed again at the Sotheby sale in London on 16 April 1918 (Lot. 1155).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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