Lettres originales, 1761-1773.

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Lettres originales, 1761-1773.

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Manuscripts, in multiple hands, of about 500 letters written by and to Madame du Deffand, arranged in chronological order. The main correspondents are the Duc and Duchesse de Choiseul; the Abbe Barthelemy; and Horace Walpole. The letters primarily discuss social events and activities such as dinners, news about friends, quotations from acquaintances' letters, popular songs, current reading, and routine expressions of friendship. Du Deffand frequently mentions Walpole and Voltaire in her letters to others; other topics include Barthelemy's desire for a harpsichord; gossip about the comte de Guerchy, ambassador to London; a description of a gift of a chamber pot; her irritation with the incessant talk of the mathematician Gabrielle Emilie Chatelet; and her opinions on the works Memoire de la Chalottais and La rivalte de l'Angleterre et de la France.

3 v. ; 24 cm.

eng,

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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