BIB_ID
302221
Accession number
MA 258.22
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
1705 Oct. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1896.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Madame / Madame la Comtesse / de Caylus" in Paris.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame de Maintenon primarily to her niece Mme. la Comtesse de Caylus. See collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame de Maintenon primarily to her niece Mme. la Comtesse de Caylus. See collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1896.
Summary
Complimenting the Comtesse de Caylus on her good taste and her verses; discussing an injustice of the Prince toward Monsieur d'Auxerre [Daniel-Charles de Caylus].
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