BIB_ID
294513
Accession number
MA 6787.74
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 Aug. 18.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Labeled "no. 75" by Madame de Godeville.
Part of a collection of 106 letters from Beaumarchais to Madame de Godeville. The letters are described in individual records (MA 6787.1-106).
The date is in Madame de Godeville's hand.
Part of a collection of 106 letters from Beaumarchais to Madame de Godeville. The letters are described in individual records (MA 6787.1-106).
The date is in Madame de Godeville's hand.
Provenance
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection.
Summary
Telling her he was aroused by her naughty letter; drawing a parallel between her and a roguish mistress; describing the game of love; saying she likes voluptuousness as much as he does which makes her irresistible; telling her that reading her words is almost like seeing her; complimenting her on her body, her mind, and her madness; asking her to send a letter about how remembering him leads her to sensual pleasure; wishing to read her letter on his way to Versailles.
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