BIB_ID
295610
Accession number
MA 1565.69
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
1741 Jan. 7.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
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
Recounting Voltaire's journey to Prussia; saying that he declined the King of Prussia's offer to extend his stay and that Frederick II probably resents her for it; discussing Voltaire's letters: how he fears Mahomet will be ill-received and that he does not think he will successfully sell the bust statues of Roman Emperors to Frederick II; sharing her thoughts for the Marquise d'Ussé; saying that Charles 12 has not been published yet.
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