BIB_ID
295302
Accession number
MA 3936.18
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 12.
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 of the date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
With seal.
The year of the date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
With seal.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Sarcastically commenting on the fact that his letters to her are being opened by a third party [Emilie du Châtelet]; summarizing the content of a missing letter; asking him to send back a previous letter in order to clear herself of suspicion; discussing their relationship. Also discussing her health and M. de La Pimpie [de Solignac].
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