Autograph letter signed from Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von Preussen, margravine of Bayreuth to Voltaire, dated [25 December 1750] [D4291]
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CMV34281
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FS 317 C 5, ‘Lettre de Sophie Frédérique Wilhelmine de Prusse, margrave de Bayreuth, à Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von Preussen, margravine of Bayreuth to Voltaire, dated [25 December 1750] [D4291]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Soeur Guillemete à Frère Voltaire salut, car je me conte parmi Les heureux habitants de votre Abeï quoique je n’y soit plus, et je conte très fort si Dieu me donne bonne vie et Longue d’y aller reprendre ma place un jour.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von Preussen, margravine of Bayreuth to Voltaire, dated [25 December 1750].
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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203 x 169 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 the date ’25 xbre 1750′ to the MS.
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History
Date:
[25 December 1750]
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Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 18 December 1880 (Lot. 248) before entering the Morrison collection. Passed again at a Sotheby sale in London on 17 April 1918 (Lot. 1195).
Bibliography
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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