Autograph letter : Cirey, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, [1739] Jan. 22.

Record ID: 
295366
Accession number: 
MA 1565.32
Author: 
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description: 
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes: 

Letter is dated 1738 but Besterman indicates that it is in error.
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: 

Mentioning that Voltaire completed Zublime and telling him that it is very moving and should be a success, but underlining the necessity of staging it swiftly. Worrying about Tiriot publishing his letter to her, and asking him to prevent it.

Provenance: 
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).