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Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1738 Dec. 5-6].

BIB_ID
295273
Accession number
MA 3936.5
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1738 Dec. 5-6].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Dated "le vendredi, à minuit"; 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 her dinner with Voltaire and her stay in Cirey; describing in great detail the house in Cirey; telling him about the Prince de Prusse and his portrait gift; mentioning Voltaire's works Merope and L'Histoire de Louis XIV; sharing gossip.