Record ID:
295318
Accession number:
MA 3936.28
Date:
1739 Feb. 2.
Credit:
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.
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.
Provenance:
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
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