Record ID:
294932
Accession number:
MA 640.46
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes:
Part of a collection of letters from Frederick II, King of Prussia, to various recipients. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 640 for more information.
Summary:
Discussing his reading; mentioning Pythagoras, Lucian, Timée de Locres [Timaeus], [Johann Jakob] Scheffmacher, and Voltaire; noting that they are encamped for the winter; making arrangements to see the Marquis in Leipzig.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Berlin dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, 1910.
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