Record ID:
295147
Accession number:
MA 1565.14
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes:
Year is from Besterman.
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.
Summary:
Discussing a ballet Volaire has been working on (possibly La Princesse de Navarre). Discussing Hénault's visit to Cirey, and asking the comte d'Argental to send her best wishes to Mme. Dargental and M. de Pondeuele. Reporting that Voltaire is feeling feverish and will write soon.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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