BIB_ID
207792
Accession number
MA 638.43
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1773 Nov. 16.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de Condorcet / Secretaire perpétuel de l'académie / des Sciences etc. / A 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 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 seal.
Provenance
Charavay sale (Paris 11 avril 1876), p. 10, no. 113; another (Paris 20 juin 1881), p. 45, no. 249; sale of a French collector, Sotheby (London 24 November 1886), p. 34, no. 198; Gourio de Refuge sale (Paris 22 décembre 1902), p. 23, no. 196.
Summary
Commenting on the goodness and wisdom of nature; recommending a book ("le Connétable de Bourbon") by [François-Apolline, comte de] Guibert; complimenting the marquis de Condorcet and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert: "Vous êtes tout deux les vrais secrétaires d'état dans le roiaume de la pensée, vos Lettres sont assurément plus instructives et plus agréables que toutes les lettres de cachet."
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