Contemporary copy of ‘Réponse à une lettre dont le roi de Prusse honora l’auteur à son avènement à la couronne’, produced by count von Manteuffel on 21 October 1740 [D2257]
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CMV:
CMV37456
Shelfmark:
10026 Geheimes Kabinett, Loc. 00457/02, ‘Korrespondenz des Premierministers Grafen von Brühl, nach dem Alphabet geordnet, mit dem Herrn Kabinettsminister Grafen von Manteuffel zu Berlin’, f.333-334
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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’, produced by count von Manteuffel on 21 October 1740 [D2257]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Quoi! Vous étes Monarque et Vous m’aimez encore!
Incipit Modernised:
Quoi! vous êtes monarque, et vous m’aimez encore!
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No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of ‘Réponse à une lettre dont le roi de Prusse honora l’auteur à son avènement à la couronne’, produced by count von Manteuffel on 21 October 1740.
Detailed Summary:
Count von Manteuffel sent this copy of the poem to Count von Brühl from Berlin on 21 October 1740.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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1
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Binding:
Part of a bound collection of letters.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into eight (since unfolded). There is a minor ink blot in the upper right-hand corner of f.333r. The lower left-hand corner of f.333r has been dog-eared.
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A decorative flourish has been added beneath the poem on f.334r.
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Manteuffel has added footnotes to the bottom of f.333r-v which provide some context for the poem and add additional information regarding people and events mentioned in it. They are each linked to the main text through the use of corresponding letters. Large portions of f.333v and the first line of f.334r have been underlined.
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History
Date:
21 October 1740
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Berlin
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OCV Reference:
vol.20A, p.537-543
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.20A, p.539, ‘MS 2’
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