Record ID:
208776
Accession number:
MA 638.88
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.2 cm
Notes:
In a secretarial hand with annotations and deletions by Voltaire[?]. Also with Voltaire's signature on p. [2].
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:
Describing hearing [Francesco] Algarotti speak about [Sir Isaac] Newton.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
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