BIB_ID
295270
Accession number
MA 3936.3
Creator
Desmarest, Léopold, 1708-1747.
Display Date
[1739 Feb. 12].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Also written by Madame de Graffigny; the section written by her is on p. 2-3.
Dated "ce jeudy"; 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).
Dated "ce jeudy"; 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).
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Discussing his sojourn in Cirey, including his opera singing with [Emilie] du Châtelet, the rehearsal for Voltaire's Zaire, and the dinner party that followed the performance; mentioning acting in Voltaire's Enfant prodigue, Comte de Boursoufle, and Petit Boursoufle. At the end of the letter, [Françoise] de Graffigny discusses Voltaire's lawsuit with Abbé Desfontaines and his works Titans, Samson, and Mondain.
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