BIB_ID
207770
Accession number
MA 638.18
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1757] June 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.1 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.
Year is from the printed version of the letter.
Year is from the printed version of the letter.
Provenance
Dubrunfaut sale (Paris 22 décembre 1884) pp. 8-9, no. 20; Meaume sale (Paris 15 février 1887), p. 52, no. 270; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Discussing the acquisition of a new home in Lausanne; asking him to send his thanks to "madame la comtesse de Sandwich"; mentioning Admiral [John] Byng; commenting on Cardinal Richelieu and his Testament politique; informing him that he has arrived at Les Délices in Geneva.
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