BIB_ID
207787
Accession number
MA 638.36
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1773 Mar. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière.
Signed "le vieux malade de Ferney" in Wagnière'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.
Signed "le vieux malade de Ferney" in Wagnière'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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Acknowledging the receipt of the Marquis de Condorcet's Eloges des académiciens; commenting on his poor health.
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