Autograph letter signed from Johann Samuel König seemingly to Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt de Graffigny, undated
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Auktionshaus Kiefer Steubenstraße, ID.407285- Lot 2209 R, ‘König, Johann Samuel, Mathematiker und Philosoph (1712-1757). Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift ‘SK’. O.O. u.J. (um 1739-40)’
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Autograph letter signed from Johann Samuel König seemingly to Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt de Graffigny, undated
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Autograph letter signed, without salutation and address, from Johann Samuel König seemingly to Madame de Graffigny.
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König reports on his quarrel with Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet and, in the postscript, asks the recipient to maintain secrecy. From Spring to November 1739, König had taught du Châtelet at Cirey Castle. Madame de Graffigny described the affair in a letter to her lover shortly after König wrote this letter. She later went on to describe the relationship between Voltaire and du Châtelet in La vie privée de Voltaire et de Mme Châtelet.
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4 pp.
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Undecorated
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A postscript has been added upside down at the top of p.4.
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Sold at auction by Auktionshaus Kiefer Steubenstraße, 36 75172 Pforzheim, Germany on 9 October 2020 (Lot 2209 R).
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