Charles Burney

The Present State of Music in France and Italy (2nd, corrected edition)

London: T. Becket and Co., 1773

Geneva

DEO
EREXIT
VOLTAIRE.
M DCC LXI.*

I sent to enquire whether a stranger
might be allowed to see the house and
gardens, and was answered in the affir-
mative. A servant soon came, and con-
ducted me into the cabinet or closet
where his master had just been writing,
which is never shewn when he is at
home; but having walked out, I was al-
lowed that privilege. From thence I
passed to the library, which is not a very
large one, but well filled. Here I found
a whole length figure in marble of him-
self, recumbent, in one of the windows;
and many curiosities in another room; a