BIB_ID
294988
Accession number
MA 1565.1
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1736 Dec.] 21.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 19.2 cm
Notes
Date is from Besterman.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 1565 for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 1565 for more information.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Telling him that she received news from Voltaire and that he is in Brussels and in good health; asking him to write immediately to Voltaire at "Mr. de Reuol, négociant à Bruxelles;" hoping Voltaire remains incognito in Brussels; saying that thereafter he will go to Amsterdam where an edition of his complete works is underway; saying he will also publish a new essay titled Essai sur la philosophie de Newton; imploring him to intercede so Voltaire does not go to Prussia; expressing her mistrust in Frederick-Guillaume I of Prussia; detailing the content of a letter she wrote to Mme. de Richelieu, giving him instructions for writing to her under the assumed name Mme. Chambonin.
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