BIB_ID
308752
Accession number
MA 986.17
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1739 Jan. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 32.6 cm
Notes
A retained draft, headed "Au [prince] royal de Prusse."
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.
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
Sending him verses praising his qualities; extolling his merits and accomplishments; complimenting and reviewing his epistle; thanking him for consulting doctors on his behalf.
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