Notes on the Pacific Islands
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CMV36054
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Voltaire Library, 5-240 (VIII, f.7v), ‘Notes sur les îles du Pacifique’
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Notes on the Pacific Islands
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Yes
Brief Summary:
The manuscript contains Voltaire’s handwritten notes on the Pacific Islands, likely referenced and incorporated in his l’Essai sur les mœurs.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
c.1756
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
Origin (transcript):
[Geneva]
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Provenance:
This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970), p.38.
OCV Reference:
26A
OCV Manuscript Reference:
26A, ‘MSL’, p.xxv-xxvi