BIB_ID
119590
Accession number
MA 1765.18
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1754] July 6.
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Lambert Libraire / aupres de la comedie française / a Paris."
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
With seal.
Year is from published version of the letter.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
With seal.
Year is from published version of the letter.
Provenance
Laverdet sale (Paris, 2 June 1856, p. 57, no. 461); Laverdet sale (Paris, July 1856, p. 8, no. 144); Amédée Renée sale, Charavay (Paris, 6 Feb. 1860, p. 37-8, no. 502); Sotheby sale (London, 12 Mar. 1902, p. 54, no. 516); Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Declaring that he does not wish Mr. Lambert to print the third volume of his Universal History without the preface and the dedication to the Elector Palatine and without his corrections; saying it would be a serious setback if the book were released without the dedication; begging him not to do anything without having written to him.
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