Record ID:
231246
Accession number:
MA 634.1
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description:
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 21.4 cm
Notes:
With a note on verso: "Le codicile de M. de Voltaire / Trouvée dans ses papiers aprez son décès."
Bound with a contemporary manuscript copy of several of Voltaire's (MA 634.2), which has been cataloged separately; see related record for more information
Summary:
Giving instructions to the lawyer Saurin for his funeral; mentioning Mr. D'Alembert and the Abbé Nollet. Written in the hand of a secretary.
Binding:
Red morocco with gilt decoration, lettered on spine "Voltaire / Manuscrit original / Epitre au roy de Prusse," by Rivière (25.8 cm.).
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.
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