BIB_ID
207814
Accession number
MA 638.65
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1776 Mar. 1.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de Condorcet, / Secretaire perpétuel de l'académie des / Sciences, etc. / à 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 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
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
Repeating pleas to try to convince Pankouke to get rid of volumes of works attributed to Voltaire which would upset the ecclesiastical authorities.
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