Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dating to October 1741 [D2554]

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CMV35230

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MA 1565.63, ‘Autograph letter : [Brussels?], to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, [1741 Oct.].’

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Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dating to October 1741 [D2554]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Mon cher ami, ie veux v͞s répondre aujourd’huy p͞r v͞s remercier de vos bontés

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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, dating to October 1741.

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3 pp.

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Height: 190 mm

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1

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[October 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 using the Fellows Fund.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024