BIB_ID
207780
Accession number
MA 638.28
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1762 Sept. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Colini, Secretaire / Intime de S.A.S.E. Mg. L'Electeur / Palatin / à Shwetzingen."
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 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 seal.
Provenance
Silvestre sale (Paris 16 mai 1826), p. 111, no. 1179; Charavay sale (Paris 10 mai 1886), p. 56, no. 259; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Recalling his days at the court of the Elector Palatine; mentioning that he is waiting for Collini's "précis de l'histoire du palatinat" [Précis de l'histoire du palatinat du Rhin, depuis que la maison régnante le possède jusqu'à nos jours].
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