Autograph letter from Marie Anne Henriette Payan de Lestang, Marquise d’Antremont, to Voltaire, written from Aubenas and dated 4 June 1771.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is a lettre en vers in the hand of Marquise d’Antremont, adulating Voltaire’s philosophical and linguistic gifts and referencing Voltaire’s memoir for lès Calas and his letter to Mr Soumarokof (D15489). The author mentions the copies of her recent works precedently delivered to Voltaire and bemoans Voltaire’s lack of communication.
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)