Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from Leiden and dated [c.10] January 1737 [D1251]
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CMV35148
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MA 986.4, ‘Autograph draft of a letter : Leiden, to [Frederick the Great], 1737 Jan. [ca. 10].MA 3936.11, ‘Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1738 Dec. 26-27].’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from Leiden and dated [c.10] January 1737 [D1251]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monseigneur, Si j’étois malheureux, je serois bien consolé.
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from Leiden and dated [c.10] January 1737.
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4 pp.
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Height: 230 mm
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History
Date:
[c.10 January 1737
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Owned by Alfred Morrison.
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot. 28) and the Sotheby sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot.1768). Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.
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