Record ID:
295171
Accession number:
MA 1565.21
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address panel) ; 19.8 cm
Notes:
Date 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:
Saying that two of Voltaire's epistles were just published (part of Discours sur l'homme), asking the comte d'Argental to inform her of the public reception. Asking whether Mr. Heraut was happy to receive their letter, and mentioning the works the Fat puni and Mahomet. Requesting that he ask [Abbé Bonaventure] Moussinot not to petition the "lieutenant criminel," saying she fears secret orders.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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