BIB_ID
159629
Accession number
MA 986.42
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
1770 Jul. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.8 cm
Notes
Original was written from Sanssouci, Frederic the Great's summer palace in Potsdam, Germany.
Part of a large collection of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1923.
Summary
Discussing, at length, a monument to Voltaire and the posterity of his oeuvre.
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