Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 4 July 1740 [D2259a]
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CMV35130
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MA 986.25, ‘Autograph draft of a letter : place not specified, to Frederick the Great, 1740 [July 4].’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 4 July 1740 [D2259a]
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 4 July 1740.
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Physical Description
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4 pp.
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Height: 202 mm
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1
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The MS is headed ‘Au roi de Prusse’.
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History
Date:
[4 July] 1740
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison.
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot 28) and the Sotheby’s sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot 1768). Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Nicholas Cronk, Frédéric Deloffre, Nicolas Fréry, Jacqueline Hellegouarc’h, ‘Voltaire à Marie-Louise Denis Bruxelles, 3 juillet 1740 D2259a’, Lettres inédites à Marie-Louise Denis (1737-1744) (Paris 2023), p.133.
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