Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 1 August 1759 [D8414]
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CMV35069
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MA 986.36, ‘Autograph draft a letter : place not specified, to Frederick the Great, [1759 Aug. 1].’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 1 August 1759 [D8414]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous n’êtes pas ce fils d’un insensé // Huilé dans Reims, et par l’Anglais pressé
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 1 August 1759.
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2 pp.
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Height: 238 mm
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The draft is headed ‘lettre au [roi] de Prusse’.
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History
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[1 August 1759]
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Owned by Alfred Morrison.
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot. 28) where it was bought by Alfred Morrison. Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot. 1768). Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.
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