BIB_ID
207785
Accession number
MA 638.34
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1772 Jan. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de / Condorcet, de l'académie des / Sciences etc. / rue de Bourbon St. Germain / à Paris."
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière.
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.
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière.
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
Charavay sale (Paris 11 avril 1876), p. 10, no. 113; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Regretting the death of Helvétius.
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