BIB_ID
295177
Accession number
MA 1565.25
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
1739 Jan. 3.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
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
Letting him know that Voltaire found out about [Desfontaines'] lampoon, and reporting that he is preparing a response. Sharing her low opinion of Tiriot, and saying that Voltaire has found renewed inspiration for his tragedy out of this string of unfortunate events.
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