Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 10 December 1773 [D18677]
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CMV36970
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BPH, Rep. 47, Nr. 379 (65), ‘Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de’
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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 10 December 1773 [D18677]
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Il était bien juste qu’un pays qui avait produit un Copernic ne croupît pas plus longtemps dans la barbarie en tout genre où la tyrannie des puissants l’avait plonge.
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Il était bien juste qu’un pays qui avait produit un Copernic ne croupît pas plus longtemps dans la barbarie en tout genre où la tyrannie des puissants l’avait plonge.
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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 10 December 1773.
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vol.124, p.218–219
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