BIB_ID
207776
Accession number
MA 638.24
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1760] Mar. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Signed "Jaques Lamentier."
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
Saint-Aubin sale (Paris 25 mars 1879), p. 22, no. 141; Charavay sale (Paris 28 avril 1883), p. 22, no. 131; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Discussing the marriage negotiations of an unidentified young woman; commenting on a fable ["Le Héron"] of [Jean] de la Fontaine; mentioning Frederick the Great; noting that the king of Spain [Charles III] is expelling the Jesuits from Paraguay.
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