Record ID:
295177
Accession number:
MA 1565.25
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 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:
Letting him know that Voltaire found out about [Desfontaines'] lampoon, and reporting that he is preparing a response. Sharing her low opinion of Tiriot, and saying that Voltaire has found renewed inspiration for his tragedy out of this string of unfortunate events.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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