Contemporary copy of ‘L’enfant prodigue’ sent by Thiriot to Frederick II of Prussia c.1737
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CMV37100
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P 302, ‘Handschrift (Abschrift). – L’enfant prodigue ou l’école de la jeunesse’
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Contemporary copy of ‘L’enfant prodigue’ sent by Thiriot to Frederick II of Prussia c.1737
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Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of L’enfant prodigue sent by Thiriot to Frederick II of Prussia c.1737. The copy is in an unknown hand.
Detailed Summary:
Both Voltaire and Frederick II were unhappy with this manuscript copy. In a letter to Frederick II of Prussia dated 15 October 1737, Voltaire described it as ‘le misérable manuscrit de l’Enfant prodigue qui est entre vos mains’ (D1376). Meanwhile, in a letter to Thiriot dated 6 December 1737, he described the same as ‘la détestable copie[…] que vous avez anvoyée (dont j’enrage) au prince royal’ (D1396).
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c.1737
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Formerly part of the private library of Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786) in Potsdam.
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OCV Reference:
vol.16, p.1-232
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.16, p.62
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