BIB_ID
308629
Accession number
MA 986.7
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1738 Feb. [ca. 15].
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
A retained draft, headed "Au Pce royal de prusse."
Day of writing from Besterman.
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.
Day of writing from Besterman.
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
Charavay sale (Paris, 17 April 1880), p.11, in no.28; Morrison collection; Sotheby's (London, 19 April 1918), p.289, in no.1768; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1923.
Summary
Discussing Frederick's review of Mérope; telling him about the work of La Chaussée; discussing a collaborative work and performance between Voltaire, Emilie and Frederick ["La cantate de la le Couvreur"].
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