BIB_ID
295274
Accession number
MA 3936.6
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1738 Dec. 9-11].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Dated "le mardi, à onze heures du soir"; 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 seal.
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 seal.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Recounting an anecdote about Abbé de Lamare; giving him a detailed account of her daily activities in Cirey; reviewing Voltaire's Louis XIV in glowing terms. Also discussing Voltaire's Merope; telling him about [Emilie] du Châtelet and Voltaire's relationship; and describing her room and the "appartement des bains."
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