BIB_ID
295318
Accession number
MA 3936.28
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
1739 Feb. 2.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Madame de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux. Letters in the collection are described individually (MA 3936.1-32).
With seal.
With seal.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Informing him of [Léopold] Desmarest's arrival; telling him about her daily activities; mentioning playing in Voltaire's [Le Grand] Boursoufle, Zaire, L'enfant prodigue and [Charles Rivière Dufresny's] L'Esprit de contradiction; saying that [Marie Boesnier] Babaud offered her a room; musing on happiness.
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