BIB_ID
207793
Accession number
MA 638.44
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1773 Dec. 5.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de Condorcet / Secretaire perpetuel 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.
Voltaire refers to himself as the "vieux malade de Ferney" in his closing.
With postmark and 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.
Voltaire refers to himself as the "vieux malade de Ferney" in his closing.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Charavay sale (Paris 11 avril 1876), p. 10, no. 113; Charavay sale (Paris 20 juin 1881), p. 45, no. 249; bought by [Alphonse Wyatt?] Thibaudeau, sale of a French collection, Sotheby (London 24 November 1886), p. 34, no. 198; Gourio de Refuge sale (Paris 23 décembre 1902), p. 23, no. 196.
Summary
Praising him as "un vrai philosophe"; mentioning [Jean Le Rond] d'Alembert; commenting on his poor health; noting that he entertains himself with poetry when he does not feel too sick.
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