Record ID:
295353
Accession number:
MA 1565.26
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 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:
Telling him she found little comfort in his letter, but saying that she agrees with him and does not share Voltaire's good opinion of Tiriot. Informing him that Voltaire is healthier and that he was delighted to read his letter, and asking about Mesnieres's reception of Voltaire's Newton.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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