BIB_ID
295271
Accession number
MA 3936.4
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1738] Dec. 4.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
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).
The year is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
With seal.
The year is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
With seal.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Discussing at length her journey and stay in Cirey; reporting that Voltaire is fond of him and that [Emilie] du Châtelet was a good host; describing [Emilie] du Châtelet's fashion.
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