BIB_ID
119572
Accession number
MA 986.1-42
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1736 Nov. to 1773 Oct. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 v. (42 items) ; 37.7 cm
Notes
A portion of Besterman 1260 was acquired separately as MA 1893 and is housed separately.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1923.
Summary
Collection consists of 39 retained drafts of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great; 2 sheets of autograph notes; and 1 copy of a letter from Frederick the Great regarding a monument to Voltaire. One of Voltaire's retained drafts also contains a draft of a letter to Wilhelmine, Margrave of Bayreuth. Items have been cataloged individual in 42 records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (40.9 cm)
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