Record ID:
207838
Accession number:
MA 638.86
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.2 cm
Notes:
This letter, though signed "Voltaire" and endorsed "De Voltaire," is not in Voltaire's hand or that of his secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière. Besterman et al. originally dated it to 1738, but subsequent editions of Voltaire's correspondence have omitted this letter. It is likely a forgery.
This item is part of a collection of Voltaire letters and manuscripts; see main record (MA 638) for a description of the collection as well as individual records for other items in the collection.
Summary:
Refusing to comment on the recipient's judgment that de La Motte's Oedipus was superior to Voltaire's; discussing [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
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