BIB_ID
294969
Accession number
MA 640.57
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
[1768].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 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
Telling the Marquis d'Argens that he is not showing his usual good sense and cannot be counted in the ranks of philosophers; commenting on the folly of the French; noting that the Marquis confirms his opinion that princes are only in the world to create ingrates.
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