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Mar 19, 2012 9:38am
Colophon image. Motto: Gloriosa victrix animorum — the glorious conqueress of souls. From L’Anti-Sans-Souci ou La folie des nouveaux philosophes (Bouillon: Pierre Limier, 1760). Sans-Souci was the residence in Potsdam near Berlin of Frederick II of Prussia, an ally of the philosophes, notably Voltaire and Maupertuis, and himself author of several works.

Colophon image. Motto: Gloriosa victrix animorum — the glorious conqueress of souls. From L’Anti-Sans-Souci ou La folie des nouveaux philosophes (Bouillon: Pierre Limier, 1760). Sans-Souci was the residence in Potsdam near Berlin of Frederick II of Prussia, an ally of the philosophes, notably Voltaire and Maupertuis, and himself author of several works.
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