BIB_ID
207784
Accession number
MA 638.33
Display Date
1771 Jan. 6.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de / Condorcet, de l'académie des Sciences / rue de Bourbon faubourg St. Germain / à Paris."
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière. The closing is in Voltaire's hand.
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière. The closing is in Voltaire's hand.
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Charavay sale (Paris 11 avril 1876), p. 10, no. 113; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Reporting that he has been very sick; saying that the verses by [Jean-François] de la Harpe are quite beautiful; wishing him a happy new year.
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