BIB_ID
136576
Accession number
MA 667.11
Creator
Gillies, John, 1747-1836.
Display Date
1782 May 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters primarily from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to various recipients (MA 667 and MA 1041). Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1910.
Summary
Regarding the recently published Confessions, which he feels are "the most interesting and instructive of all" Rousseau's works; indicating that he sends, by Mr. Gray, a copy and strongly encouraging the undertaking of a translation; discussing his own current projects and the works of other writers on Greek and Roman history.
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