Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von Preussen, margravine of Bayreuth, written from Potsdam and dated 9 December [1750] [D4291]
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CMV34280
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FS 316 C 21, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Sophie Frédérique Wilhelmine de Prusse, margrave de Bayreuth [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von Preussen, margravine of Bayreuth, written from Potsdam and dated 9 December [1750] [D4291]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Madame, Les grandes passions mènent bien loin, et j’aurois eu l’honneur de suivre à Bareith la digne sœur d’un héros, si L’avantage de vivre auprès de ce héros ne m’avoit retenu encore à ses pieds.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von Preussen, margravine of Bayreuth, written from Potsdam and dated 9 December [1750].
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2 ff.
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230 x 169 mm
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2
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A second, unknown hand has added the date ‘(1750)’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
9 December [1750]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Weigel sale in Leipzig on 20 September 1865 (Lots. 1440-65) before entering the Morrison collection. Presumably passed again at the sale of the collection by Sotheby in London between 1917 and 1919.
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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