Letter from Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet-Lomont to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dating to 9 December 1738 [D1680]
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CMV33770
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MS 120.9
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Letter from Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet-Lomont to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dating to 9 December 1738 [D1680]
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Les soins que vs voulés bien vs donner pour me faire avoir la plus jolie maison de paris
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Brief Summary:
Letter from Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet-Lomont to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dating to 9 December 1738.
Detailed Summary:
Du Châtelet thanks Thiériot for the trouble he has taken in order that she may have the finest house in Paris and notes that she has received an answer from the crown prince about her Essai sur le feu. She writes that she hopes to inspire him with a taste for physics and make him give up his mania for verse because ‘one can very well be a mediocre physicist, but it is not permitted to be a bad poet.’ Du Châtelet writes that since Thiériot left her, she has developed an interest in lawsuits and then turns to literary and artistic news, mentioning among others Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Francesco Algarotti, Roland Desalleurs, John Hervey, Jean-Henri Castéra, Jean-Nicolas Formont, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
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4 ff.
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230 x 184 mm
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1
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The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a horn.
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There is an area of discolouration in the top left-hand corner of f.1 and the top right-hand corner of f.4v caused by a paperclip. There is light staining to the tops of f.3r and 4v. The pages feature an additional horizontal fold line.
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A small amount of text has been added in superscript on f.1v and 4v. Some sections have been underlined on f.2v and 3v and text has been deleted on f.4r. The conclusion of the letter has been added upside down at the top of f.1r.
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Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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89, [999], p.409
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