BIB_ID
207833
Accession number
MA 638.84
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
ca. 1745 June.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.8 cm
Notes
At top of page: "à vous seule."
Endorsed.
Possible date is from the printed version of the letter.
Signed "Volt."
The recipient is written in an unknown 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.
Endorsed.
Possible date is from the printed version of the letter.
Signed "Volt."
The recipient is written in an unknown 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
Villenave sale (Paris 17 avril 1865), p. 12, no. 137; Villenave sale (Paris 10 mai 1873), p. 10, no. 78; Charavay sale (Paris 24 juin 1889), p. 27, no. 152; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Proclaiming coquettishly his loyalty to [Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise] Du Deffand.
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