BIB_ID
207826
Accession number
MA 638.74
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1776 Dec. 6.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.8 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 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 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
Despairing of the disproportionate amount of political news in journals and commenting on various contemporary literary events; mentioning [Jean-François] de La Harpe, l'Abbé [Pierre-François Guyot] Desfontaines, [Jean] Racine, [François,] duc de La Rochefoucauld, Confucius, and others.
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