Record ID:
295556
Accession number:
MA 1565.45
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.9 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 is thrilled that Pierre Guérin de Tencin was appointed Cardinal. Hoping that Voltaire's lawsuit will be avoided and that Desfontaines will disavow his lampoon, but worrying that Voltaire may act impulsively and compromise everything.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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