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 8 July [1744] [D2995]

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CMV35259

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MA 1565.14, ‘Autograph letter : Cirey, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, [1744] July 8.’

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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 8 July [1744] [D2995]

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Nous auons eü hier le président toute la journée, mon cher ami, v͞s v͞s douttés bien que n͞s auons été rauis de le voir et de causer auec lui de ce ballet.

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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 8 July [1744]

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4 pp.

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Height: 179 mm

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History

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8 July [1744]

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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