Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 31 [January 1739] [D1839]

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CMV34616

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MA 1565.54, ‘Autograph letter : place not specified, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, [1739 Jan.] 31.’

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Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 31 [January 1739] [D1839]

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Nous somes dans la dernière surprise mon cher ami de receuoir vne lettre du 28 de vous

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Brief Summary:

Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 31 [January 1739].

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4 pp.

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Height: 227 mm

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Undecorated

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History

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31 [January 1739]

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Provenance:

Passed at the Hotel Drouot sale in Paris on 23 February 1954 (Lot. 25). Purchased by the Morgan Library with the Fellows Fund in 1954.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024