BIB_ID
207816
Accession number
MA 638.67
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1776 Mar. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 15.7 cm
Notes
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.
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
Chiding him for not sending "le chef d'oeuvre qui commence par Bénissons le ministre bienfesant"; comparing the new reign of Louis XVI with that of Marcus Aurelius.
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