BIB_ID
119561
Accession number
MA 6761.1-109
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1745-1754.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 v. (109 items, ca. 367 p.), bound ; 29.5 cm
Provenance
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection.
Summary
Collection consists of 103 autograph letters from Voltaire to his niece and mistress Marie Louise Mignot Denis, two contemporary copies of letters from Voltaire to Denis, and one contemporary copy of Voltaire's 1753 Declaration (MA 6761.18). Most of the letters from 1753-1754 were written from Colmar, France. Collection also contains one letter from George Keith Marischal to Denis (MA 6761.25), one from Denis to Jean Martin de Prades (MA 6761.20), and one contemporary copy a letter wrtitten by Prades on behalf of Frederick II, King of Prussia (MA 6761.21). Items in the collection have been cataloged separately in 109 catalog records; see related records for more information.
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