Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 25 January [1737] [D1268]

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CMV34591

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MA 1565.7, ‘Autograph letter : place not specified, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, [1737] Jan. 25.’

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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 25 January [1737] [D1268]

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Je suis ie v͞s L’auouë au désespoir du retour de ce vieux serpent de Rousseau.

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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 25 January [1737].

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18 pp.

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Height: 195 mm

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Undecorated

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History

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25 January [1737]

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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