Record ID:
295174
Accession number:
MA 1565.23
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes:
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:
Writing that although she does not want Voltaire to know about Des Fontaines's lampoon he ought to respond to it. Detailing the lampoon's content, proposing a response, and asking for his feedback. Discussing her grievances against Tiriot, and telling him about Voltaire's new tragedy.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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