Voltaire's Library, all in one place

In this database you can search the entire contents of Voltaire's private library of 6,763 books.

For first-time users, please read the introduction to Voltaire’s library and to the Voltaire Library Project . There you can find a detailed history of the collection and how subsequent institutions, most recently the National Library of Russia, have curated the library. There is also a detailed explanation of the categories used to structure the data.