BIB_ID
330761
Accession number
MA 635.2
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1776 Nov. or Dec.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.1 cm
Notes
Date of writing from Besterman. The poem is identified in Oeuvres complètes (1876) as composed in 1766.
Part of a collection of five autograph poems of Voltaire. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level catalog record for more information.
Part of a collection of five autograph poems of Voltaire. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level catalog record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.
Summary
Beginning with a poem (22 lines, with some corrections; first line: Le bon vieillard très inutile). Thanking Guys [for dedicating his Voyage littéraire de la Grèce (new ed., Paris 1776) to Voltaire].
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