Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Cirey and dated 31 October 1738 [D1644a]
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MA 1565.23, ‘Autograph letter : Cirey, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, 1738 Oct. 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, written from Cirey and dated 31 October 1738 [D1644a]
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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, written from Cirey and dated 31 October 1738.
Detailed Summary:
Émilie du Châtelet notes that despite not wanting Voltaire to find out about Desfontaine’s attack, she feels it deserves a response. She offers a suggestion of such a response, and asks d’Argental for his feedback. She then goes on to discuss her anger at Tiriot, before informing d’Argental about Voltaire’s latest tragedy play.
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6 pp.
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Height: 202 mm
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31 October 1738
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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 using the Fellows Fund.
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