BIB_ID
294932
Accession number
MA 640.46
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
[1762 Nov.] 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Frederick II, King of Prussia, to various recipients. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 640 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Berlin dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, 1910.
Summary
Discussing his reading; mentioning Pythagoras, Lucian, Timée de Locres [Timaeus], [Johann Jakob] Scheffmacher, and Voltaire; noting that they are encamped for the winter; making arrangements to see the Marquis in Leipzig.
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