BIB_ID
308823
Accession number
MA 986.25
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1740 [July 4].
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
A retained draft, headed "Au roi de Prusse."
Detailed dating 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.
Detailed dating 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
Sending verses about wine and about Frederick; praising his humane qualities; comparing him to Apollo; discussing the upcoming publication of his book.
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