Contemporary copy of ‘Réponse à une lettre dont le roi de Prusse honora l’auteur à son avènement à la couronne’, with autograph additions by Voltaire [D2257]
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Contemporary copy of ‘Réponse à une lettre dont le roi de Prusse honora l’auteur à son avènement à la couronne’, with autograph additions by Voltaire [D2257]
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Incipit Modernised:
Quoi, vous êtes monarque, et vous m’aimez encore!
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of Réponse à une lettre dont le roi de Prusse honora l’auteur à son avènement à la couronne, with autograph additions by Voltaire. The poem dates to c.July 1740.
Detailed Summary:
It is likely that the poem formed part of a letter to Frederick II of Prussia.
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The poem has been annotated and corrected throughout by Voltaire.
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History
Date:
c.July 1740
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Owned by Seymour de Ricci (1881-1942).
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Passed at the Dubrunfaut sale in Paris on 22 December 1884 (Lot. 56); the A. Piat sale in Paris on 8 March 1897 (Lot. 290). and the Charavay sale in Paris on 21 February 1910 (Lot. 92). The MS was bought at this sale by Etienne Charavay who sold it to Seymour de Ricci.
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OCV Reference:
vol.20A, p.537-543
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.20A, p.539, ‘MS1’
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