Autograph letter from Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt, mme de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux, written from Cirey and dated ‘le vendredi après-midi’ [12-15 December 1738] [D1686]

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CMV34539

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MA 3936.7, ‘Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1738 Dec. 12-15].’

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Autograph letter from Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt, mme de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux, written from Cirey and dated ‘le vendredi après-midi’ [12-15 December 1738] [D1686]

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Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Puisque je n’ai pas grand’chose à te conter aujourd’hui, mon petit ami, il me prend envie de te copier quelque chose de l’histoire de Louis XIV

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Brief Summary:

Autograph letter from Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt, mme de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux, written from Cirey and dated 12-15 December 1738.

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10 pp.

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Height: 227 mm

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Undecorated

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History

Date:

[12-15 December 1738]

Ownership:

Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps.

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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1978 using the Fellows Fund.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024