BIB_ID
119604
Accession number
MA 1765.4
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1750 Nov. 17.
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 24.2 cm
Notes
A notation under this letter cites "Besterman 3695 to Pierre de Morand" however it appears more likely it was the surgeon Sauveur-Francois Morand as Voltaire specifically refers to his being a healer of disease.
Signed as "chambellan du roy de prusse."
Signed as "chambellan du roy de prusse."
Provenance
Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Concerning the betrayal of Voltaire by Baculard d'Arnaud in his letter to Elie Catherine Fréron which was distributed in Paris; relating his relationship to d'Arnaud and d'Arnaud's relationship to the King; saying he has not read a single one of the misérables brochures" with which he has heard Paris is flooded.
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