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 2 May [1741] [D2473]

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CMV35167

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MA 1565.58, ‘Autograph letter : Brussels, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, [1741] May 2.’

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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 2 May [1741] [D2473]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Ne me grondés pas, mon cher ami, voici le fait. Il a falu faire passer ma réponse par la poste, et 500 Exemplaires Etoient dificiles à passer.

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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 2 May [1741].

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9 pp.

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Height: 198 mm

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History

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2 May [1741]

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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