BIB_ID
295266
Accession number
MA 3936.2
Creator
Desmarest, Léopold, 1708-1747.
Display Date
[1739 Feb. 11].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Dated "ce mercredy des Cendres" [Ash Wednesday]; the exact date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Madame de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux. Letters in the collection are described individually (MA 3936.1-32).
With 9 lines in the hand of Madame de Graffigny on p. 1.
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Madame de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux. Letters in the collection are described individually (MA 3936.1-32).
With 9 lines in the hand of Madame de Graffigny on p. 1.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Discussing their sojourn in Cirey and their return journey; mentioning acting in Voltaire's L'Enfant prodigue and the Comte de Boursoufle.
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