BIB_ID
374702
Accession number
MA 863.40
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1776 Mar. 27.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur de Ruffey ancien / Président a la Chambre des Comptes / rue Chapelotte / A Dijon."
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With seal.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Expressing happiness at M. de Ruffey's upcoming visit and inviting him to stay with the Buffon family rather than at Montfort; explaining that he will be [at Montbard] until May 20, after which he will go to Paris until September, at the latest; praising the son of M. de Ruffey [Frédérice Henri Richard de Ruffey].
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