BIB_ID
207763
Accession number
MA 638.11
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1749 Jan. 2.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 21.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "monsieur / darnaud / a l'hotel dentragues / rue de tournon / a Paris."
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.
With trace of a seal.
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.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Blanchart sale (Paris 3 février 1868), p. 18, no. 191; Renard sale (Paris 18 mai 1889), p. 19, no. 141; Maggs (London 1927), cat. 494, no. 1926; purchased from James Drake, 1929.
Summary
Asking that a letter be sent to the king of Prussia [Frederick II] saying that the papers he sent appear to have been lost by the Paris-Lorraine courier.
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