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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated November 1736 [D1187a]
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CMV35127
Repository:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
Shelfmark:
MA 986.1, ‘Autograph draft of a letter signed “V” : [Amsterdam], to Frederick the Great, 1736 Nov.’
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French
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated November 1736.
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Letter
Status:
Autograph, Draft
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
3 pp.
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Height: 320 mm
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History
Date:
November 1736
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Provenance:
Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.
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