Record ID:
295408
Accession number:
MA 1565.39
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (6 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes:
Year 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:
Discussing Voltaire's lawsuit, asking him to ensure that Voltaire does not receive a summons to appear before the court in Paris. Hoping that M. du Châtelet will buy M. Dupin's house. Mentioning Tiriot, Dumoulin and Frederick II.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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