BIB_ID
308430
Accession number
MA 986.1
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1736 Nov.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
A retained draft, headed "au Pr Royal de Prusse" and dated "9bre 1736."
Location of writing identified in a note accompanying the letter.
Part of a large collection of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Location of writing identified in a note accompanying the letter.
Part of a large collection of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purcahsed by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1923.
Summary
Praising him and his rhetorical qualities; drawing a parallel between Louis XIV and Frederick; mentioning reading the writings of M. Wolf [Christian Wolff]; sending him a manuscript; saying that, at a later date, he will give him a published copy of his work.
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