Vimeux, Marie-Sophie Gillet, dame de (1749-?),... - Lot 314 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Vimeux, Marie-Sophie Gillet, dame de (1749-?), salonnière; brought up by Mme d'Argental of whom she was the reader and companion, she resumed her literary salon at the decline of her health, frequented by all the philosophers of the time including, first and foremost, Voltaire. She shared the life of the Count d'Argental at the death of his wife]. Set of 7 letters: 3 addressed to her and 4 to her son Charles, by the abbot ARNAUD, tutor of his son Charles. Orléans and Paris, 1783-1802 and n.d. 8 pp. in-8 and in-4. Addresses on the back. To Madame de Vimeux, he announces his installation in Versailles, mourns with her the loss of his child, evokes his health. "Madame the Duchess of Orleans, who had kindly given me a benefit, has just given me a more precious one than the first, it is the portrait of her virtuous father that I discovered in the department among the books and effects of all kinds brought from Châteauneuf and that she granted me with all the kindness that you know her, by making me write the most flattering and most obliging things". To Charles, he takes news of his health, having great difficulty with his legs, evokes his health and his readings. "Thurydide and Voltaire are my most assiduous consolers".