BIB_ID
207799
Accession number
MA 638.50
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1774 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière, with manuscript additions in a second 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.
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière, with manuscript additions in a second 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
Asking if [Jean Le Rond] d'Alembert received a memoire in the form of a letter that he sent to him; commenting on the case of [Jean François Lefebvre] de la Barre; discussing [Bertrand Gaillard] d'Etallonde.
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