BIB_ID
207831
Accession number
MA 638.82
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1758 July 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 34.5 cm
Notes
Probably a draft given that it is unsigned, includes numerous corrections, and has no address, postmark, or seal.
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.
Written from "Shwessingen, maison de plaisance de Mgr. l'Electeur Palatin."
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.
Written from "Shwessingen, maison de plaisance de Mgr. l'Electeur Palatin."
Provenance
Charavay sale (Paris 12 juillet 1879), p. 27, no. 169; Charavay sale (Paris 14 décembre 1885), p. 46, no. 219; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Discussing a biography of Peter the Great.
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