Record ID:
295413
Accession number:
MA 1565.41
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 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; noting that it is now under the control of M. Heraut and asking whether Heraut can be trusted. Mentioning her fears, asking for guidance and wishing that M. du Châtelet would buy the house on the Île Saint Louis.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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