BIB_ID
207759
Accession number
MA 638.7
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1741 May 15.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
This item is part of a collection of Voltaire letters and manuscripts; see main record (MA 638) for a description of the collection as well as individual records for other items in the collection.
Provenance
Laverdet (Paris janvier-février 1858), no. 14, p. 203, no. 2615; Dubrunfaut sale (Paris 22 décembre 1884), p. 57, no. 3; Dubrunfaut sale (Paris 1 avril 1890), p. 23, no. 173; Gourio de Refuge sale (Paris 23 décembre 1902), p. 63, no. 193.
Summary
Exclaiming that he is no longer ashamed of being a poet when the king of Prussia [Frederick II] writes verses, some of which he has sent; discussing poetical disputes with Madame du Châtelet; inquiring about the sale of books from the Lancelot inventory.
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