BIB_ID
207762
Accession number
MA 638.10
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1747?].
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
The place of writing and year are written in an unknown hand, along with the following note: "Adressée probablem[en]t a M. [Charles Pinot] Duclos, secretaire perpetuel de l'Académie française."
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.
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
Dubrunfaut sale (Paris 22 décembre 1884), p. 7, no. 14; Charavay sale (Paris 8 décembre 1891), p. 32, no. 150; Gourio de Refuge sale (Paris 23 décembre 1902), p. 64, no. 197.
Summary
Indicating that he has retrieved certain papers from a powerful person at Versailles who secretly championed him.
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