Record ID:
119563
Accession number:
MA 1765.3
Credit:
Purchased, 1956.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes:
Date is based on the printed version of the letter.
The letter includes revisions and may be a draft.
The letter ends "v t h etc"; it is unclear whether the v is Voltaire's signature or part of the closing.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
Summary:
Opening with a poem that is in reference to their poem The Voyage of Saint Germain; chiding them for not writing to him and saying there is nothing so sad as an old poet; telling them how much he admires their poetry.
Provenance:
Charavay sale (Paris 7 Mar. 1883, p. 24, no. 200); Charavay sale (Paris 18 Jan. 1890, p. 28, no. 144); Theodore Besterman.
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