Record ID:
295916
Accession number:
MA 1565.75
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.4 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:
Saying she has been extremely busy since she arrived in Comerci; explaining how pleased she is with the King's generous gesture towards Sémiramis; hoping he and Mme. d'Argental will come visit either in Cirey or Comerci; commending Comerci for its beauty and absence of etiquette; sending him verses from the author who also wrote the poem titled Cloé; saying that the latter is a friend of Voltaire and that he would be delighted to get introduced to him.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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