BIB_ID
295569
Accession number
MA 1565.50
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1739 Apr.] 27.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.8 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
Reporting that Voltaire is sending him the disavowal and the letter for M. Heraut, and telling him that they are placing themselves under his protection. Mentioning that the Chevalier de Mouhi has a copy of the disavowal also and fearing he might spread the news. Noting that she has been hiding distressing news from Voltaire (lampoons and affairs with his Dutch publishers), and discussing Zublime.
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