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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 119

Documents
France
Voltaire
1751 A.L.S. from Potsdam, signed "V" To the unnamed Prussian minister Samuel von Marschall (1683-1749), whom he invites to attend a comedy: "vous avez manqué la comédie ces jours passez. venez monsieur réparer cela aujourduy; apres le soupé de la reine mere. je joue malgré ma maladie je vous feray entrer assurément. il nous faut des spectateurs comme vous ...". With autograph notes by Voltaire’s editor Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859). Somewhat browned and spotty; upper edge of the reverse side with a small hinge mark; small clip in the lower right corner. Photo

François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.

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