Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, written from Ferney and dated 29 September 1769 [D15929]
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CMV36755
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5-240 (VII, f.154-5), ’29 septembre 1769, à Ferney, à M. Panckoucke (M. 7682)’
Title:
Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, written from Ferney and dated 29 September 1769 [D15929]
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The Besterman Collection, Geneva
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’aprouve fort vôtre dessein, Mr, de faire un supplément à l’enciclopédie.
Incipit Modernised:
J’approuve fort votre dessein, Mr, de faire un supplément à l’encyclopédie.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, written from château de Ferney and dated 29 September 1769.
Detailed Summary:
The writer expresses strong approval of the plan to supplement the Encyclopédie, hoping that outdated and erroneous ideas will no longer be propagated. They express frustration at the inadequate compensation proposed for their contributions and highlight that they will not be involved in the project unless significant corrections are made. The writer offers to contribute articles on various topics, provided they remain alive, and warns that any misattributed or poorly edited content will be disavowed. They also dismiss the idea of an Italian revising the French Encyclopédie with Swiss assistance, as they are unfamiliar with the initiative.
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2 ff.
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2
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
29 September 1769
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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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)
OCV Reference:
119, p. 267–269
OCV Manuscript Reference:
119, ‘MS1’, p. 269
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