BIB_ID
295353
Accession number
MA 1565.26
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1739 Jan.] 3.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Date is from Besterman.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 1565 for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 1565 for more information.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Telling him she found little comfort in his letter, but saying that she agrees with him and does not share Voltaire's good opinion of Tiriot. Informing him that Voltaire is healthier and that he was delighted to read his letter, and asking about Mesnieres's reception of Voltaire's Newton.
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