Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 25 September 1757 [D7400]
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CMV35215
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MA 986.33 (A), ‘Autograph draft of two letters : place not specified, to Frederick the Great and to Wilhelmine, Margrave of Bayreuth, [1757 Sept. 25].’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 25 September 1757 [D7400]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ne vous effraiez pas d’une lettre qui peutêtre sera longue, qui est la seule chose qui puisse vous effraier.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 25 September 1757.
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3 pp.
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Height: 235 mm
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The MS is headed ‘Au roi de Prusse’.
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History
Date:
c.25 September 1757
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.
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