BIB_ID
365106
Accession number
MA 750.2
Creator
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696.
Display Date
[1684] June 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (7 p.), unbound ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Jean Corbinelli was a French writer and friend of Madame de Sévigné.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed by Madame de Sévigné. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Philippe Moulceau was the President of the Chambre des Comptes at Montpellier and friend and correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
Year of writing and identity of recipient from published letter.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed by Madame de Sévigné. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Philippe Moulceau was the President of the Chambre des Comptes at Montpellier and friend and correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
Year of writing and identity of recipient from published letter.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1911.
Summary
Being a letter in 4 parts, two written by Madame de Sévigné and two by Jean Corbinelli; beginning with Madame de Sévigné saying she is still in Paris and will remain awhile longer; relating news of mutual friends and the King's triumphant return; continuing with the writing of Jean Corbinelli referring, in a playful manner, to his rivalry with him with regard to Madame de Sévigné; referring to his continuing grudge with jurisprudence; continuing with another portion by Madame de Sévigné in which she adds that she wishes they could all spend time with those that please them; concluding with a short postscript by Jean Corbinelli saying that the mistake is that he took his sword for a dagger and his staff for his sword.
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