BIB_ID
294965
Accession number
MA 640.55
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
[1764 Apr.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23 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
Telling him that he received his work on Julien [Défense du paganisme par l'empereur Julien] but has not had time to read it; discussing the Marquis d'Argens's health; reminding him that fear of death is worse than death itself.
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