BIB_ID
207796
Accession number
MA 638.47
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1774 July 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de Condorcet, etc."
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
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Sending thanks for his article in the Mercure de France; commenting on how much he values this sign of the marquis de Condorcet's friendship; noting that he wants to read "les Barmecides" by Mr. [Jean-François] de La Harpe; despairing of the theatrical taste of the times.
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