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 18 May 1741 [D2486]

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CMV35063

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MA 1565.60, ‘Autograph letter : Brussels, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, 1741 May 18.’

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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 18 May 1741 [D2486]

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Mon cher ami, j’ay peur de v͞s faire repentir par mes questions de m’auoir si bien répondu à la première

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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 18 May 1741.

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2 ff.

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Height: 198 mm

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History

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18 May 1741

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

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024