Record ID:
295569
Accession number:
MA 1565.50
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.8 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:
Reporting that Voltaire is sending him the disavowal and the letter for M. Heraut, and telling him that they are placing themselves under his protection. Mentioning that the Chevalier de Mouhi has a copy of the disavowal also and fearing he might spread the news. Noting that she has been hiding distressing news from Voltaire (lampoons and affairs with his Dutch publishers), and discussing Zublime.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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