Record ID:
308749
Accession number:
MA 986.15
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes:
A retained draft.
Clearly dated "1er Sept. 1738" by Voltaire; correctly dated to ca. 25 July 1739. See 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.
Summary:
Sending him verses for a gift of wine from Frederick; discussing Frederick's regiment; mentioning Mahomet and La Henriade.
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.
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