BIB_ID
207797
Accession number
MA 638.48
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1774 Aug. 12.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.7 cm
Notes
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière; the final three lines are in Voltaire'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.
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
Charavay sale (Paris 11 avril 1876), p. 10, no. 113; another (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
Rejoicing that Louis XV has defended Turgot against the calumny of being an Encyclopédist.
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