Autograph letter from Gabrielle-Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Commercy and dated 30 July [1748]
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MA 1565.75, ‘Autograph letter : Commercy, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, [1748] July 30.’
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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 Commercy and dated 30 July [1748]
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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 Commercy and dated 30 July [1748].
Detailed Summary:
Du Châtelet remarks upon how busy she has been since arriving in Commercy, before noting her happiness at the King’s kind gesture towards Voltaire’s Sémiramis. She writes that she hopes that he and his wife will visit her at either Cirey or Commercy, noting that Commercy is a beautiful place with an absence of ettiquette. Du Châtelet includes verses from the author of Cloé, adding that the author is a friend of Voltaire and would be delighted to be introduced to him.
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4 pp.
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Height: 184 mm
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30 July [1748]
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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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