Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Brussels and dated 10 September 1742 [D2656]

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CMV35255

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MA 1565.65, ‘Autograph letter : Brussels, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, 1742 Sept. 10.’

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Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Brussels and dated 10 September 1742 [D2656]

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Je ne vous ai pas encore escrit mon cher ami p͞r v͞s marquer ma joie de voir m. votre oncle dans le conseil

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Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Brussels and dated 10 September 1742.

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2 pp.

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Height: 191 mm

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History

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10 September 1742

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Bruxelles

Provenance:

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

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024