Voltaire, letter, 1750 Aug. 20, to Pompadour (includes Poésies melées 298 & 299)
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Contributor
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764, recipient
Date Created and/or Issued
1750-08-20
Publication Information
Leroi Librairie; Institute de Musée Voltaire; Société littéraire-typographique Paris, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Kehl, Germany University of Southern California. Libraries
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Description
François Marie Arouet Voltaire, letter, 1750 August 20, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia, to Jeanne Antoinette Le Normant d'Etoiles (née Poisson) (Marquise de pompadour). "Dans ces lieux jadis peu connus, beaus lieux aujourd'hui devenus dignes d'éternelle mémoire, au favori de la victoire..." -- first line. Includes two mixed poems "à madame de Pompadour" (Dans ces lieux jadis peu connus..., 1750) & "à la même" (De deux rois qu'il faut adorer..., 1750).
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