Open Voltaire
The open access companion to Oxford University Voltaire
Oxford University Voltaire presents the Complete Works of Voltaire (including his correspondence and marginalia), fully edited and annotated by leading scholars. Open Voltaire offers an integrated suite of complementary digital tools, freely available and designed to enable further research into Voltaire’s life, works and legacy.
Open Voltaire reflects a commitment to making cutting-edge scholarship more widely available. In developing these resources, we hope that scholars, students and readers will be able to make new discoveries and deepen their exploration into Voltaire’s world. We will continue to add new material to Open Voltaire. Please share your ideas and suggestions with us.
Current resources
Three collections are now available and are described below.
Newly launched, the Iconography brings together for the first time all images of Voltaire produced up to 1830. The Library and Manuscript catalogues are hosted on our previous Voltaire Studio site, and are scheduled to move to the Open Voltaire platform at the start of 2027.
Iconography
Visual depictions of Voltaire. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, satirical images, contemporary objects.
Browse →Library of Voltaire
Voltaire’s personal library of around 7000 volumes, including those with annotations and other marks of reading.
Browse →Catalogue of Manuscripts
A union catalogue of thousands of manuscripts relating to Voltaire across international collections and repositories.
Browse →Need the full scholarly edition?
Subscription access to the Complete Works, including correspondence and marginalia. Published in partnership with Liverpool University Press.
