Julie de LESPINASSE (1732-1776). L.A., "this Tuesday evening - Lot 105

Julie de LESPINASSE (1732-1776). L.A., "this Tuesday evening", [to Turgot]; 2 1/2 pages in-4. She regrets not seeing him, has worried about his health, and has "complained to all our common friends, down to M. Condorcet". She feels neglected. "Although you treat me badly, my confidence in your kindness is not destroyed; consequently, I beg you to make me a copy of these verses as soon as you can; they have only been lent to me for a short time, and I was always waiting for you to give them to me". Colardeau is the author, "and the woman is Mlle Verriere [Marie de Verrières]; it would be necessary to cut half of it, because there are unbearable lengths, but it seems to me that there are very beautiful verses and I do not believe that they are ever printed". She asks Turgot to lend her Dorat's Fables "to see the images that are said to be charming"...