BIB_ID
119563
Accession number
MA 1765.3
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1755-1756?].
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Date is based on the printed version of the letter.
The letter ends "v t h etc"; it is unclear whether the v is Voltaire's signature or part of the closing.
The letter includes revisions and may be a draft.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
The letter ends "v t h etc"; it is unclear whether the v is Voltaire's signature or part of the closing.
The letter includes revisions and may be a draft.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
Provenance
Charavay sale (Paris 7 Mar. 1883, p. 24, no. 200); Charavay sale (Paris 18 Jan. 1890, p. 28, no. 144); Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Opening with a poem that is in reference to their poem The Voyage of Saint Germain; chiding them for not writing to him and saying there is nothing so sad as an old poet; telling them how much he admires their poetry.
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