The Pléiade encyclopedia (fr:Encyclopédie de la Pléiade) is a collection of

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by G ...

, publishing encyclopedic-type scientific texts on major fields of knowledge. It is part of the

Bibliothèque de la Pléiade The ''Bibliothèque de la Pléiade'' (, "Pleiades Library") is a French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor. Schiffrin wanted to provide the public with reference editions of the ...

, of which it takes the format and aesthetics of the books, with stars on the back. The publication extended from 1956 to 1991. The creation of this collection was entrusted to Raymond Queneau. Some of the volumes have been reprinted in the

Folio Essais The term "folio" () has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing: first, it is a term for a common method of arranging sheets of paper into book form, folding the sheet only once, and a term for a book made ...

collection.

List of volumes

The Pleiade encyclopedia includes 49 volumes, the information for the first edition of which is detailed in the following table:Ces données sont issues du site de
éditions Gallimard
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Raymond Queneau Raymond Auguste Queneau (; ; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo (), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Biography Queneau, the only child of Auguste Que ...

, Tome I : Littératures anciennes, orientales et orales , 1956 , 1 , , - , Tome II : Littératures occidentales , 1956 , 3 , , - , Tome III : Littératures françaises, connexes et marginales , 1958 , 7 , , - , rowspan=3, Histoire universelle , rowspan=3,

René Grousset René Grousset (; 5 September 1885 – 12 September 1952) was a French historian who was curator of both the Cernuschi Museum and the Guimet Museum in Paris and a member of the prestigious Académie française. He wrote several major works on ...

, Émile-G. Léonard , Tome I : Des origines à l'Islam , 1956 , 2 , , - , Tome II : De l'Islam à la Réforme , 1957 , 4 , , - , Tome III : De la Réforme à nos jours , 1958 , 6 , , - , Histoire de la science , Maurice Daumas , Des origines au XX^e siècle , 1957 , 5 , , - , La Terre (réédité sous le titre Géophysique) ,

Jean Goguel Jean Goguel (2 January 1908 – 5 January 1987) was a French geologist and geophysicist. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Societies of America, of London, and of Belgium. He played an important leadership role in the International Union ...

, , 1959 , 8 , , - , rowspan=2, Histoire de la musique , rowspan=2,

Roland-Manuel Alexis Roland-Manuel (22 March 18911 November 1966) was a French composer and critic, remembered mainly for his criticism. Biography He was born Roland Alexis Manuel Lévy in Paris, to a family of Belgian and Jewish origins. He studied composi ...

, Tome I : Des origines à Jean-Sébastien Bach , 1960 , 9 , , - , Tome II : Du XVIII^e siècle à nos jours , 1963 , 16 , , - , Botanique , Fernand Moreau , , 1960 , 10 , , - , L'histoire et ses méthodes ,

Charles Samaran Charles Samaran (28 October 1879 – 15 October 1982) was a 20th-century French historian and archivist, who was born in Cravencères (in the Gers) and died at Nogaro (also in the Gers), shortly before his 103rd birthday. Biography Having gra ...

, , 1961 , 11 , , - , rowspan=4, Histoire de l'Art , Pierre Devambez , Tome I : Le Monde non-chrétien , 1961 , 12 , , - , rowspan=2, Jean Babelon , Tome II : L'Europe médiévale , 1966 , 21 , , - , Tome III : Renaissance - Baroque - Romantisme , 1965 , 17 , , - ,

Bernard Dorival Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern ...

, Tome IV : Du réalisme à nos jours , 1969 , 28 , , - , Astronomie ,

Evry Schatzman Evry Léon Schatzman (16 September 1920 – 25 April 2010) was a French scientist hailed as "the father of modern French astrophysics". Background His father, Benjamin Schatzman, was a dentist born in Tulcea, Romania, and emigrated at a young ag ...

, , 1962 , 13 , , - , rowspan=4, Zoologie , rowspan=4,

Pierre-Paul Grassé Pierre-Paul Grassé (November 27, 1895 in Périgueux (Dordogne) – July 9, 1985) was a French zoologist, writer of over 300 publications including the influential 52-volume '' Traité de Zoologie''. He was an expert on termites who rejected Neo- ...

, Andrée Tétry , Tome I : Généralités - Protozoaires - Métazoaires, I , 1963 , 14 , , - , Tome II : Les Arthropodes : Métazoaires, II , 1964 , 15 , , - , Tome III : Métazoaires, III , 1972 , 30 , , - , Tome IV : Tétrapodes - Domaines faunistiques - Zoogéographie , 1974 , 37 , , - , Biologie ,

Jean Rostand Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand (30 October 1894 – 4 September 1977) was a French biologist, historian of science, and philosopher. Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher ...

, Andrée Tétry , , 1965 , 18 , , - , Histoire des spectacles ,

Guy Dumur Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...

, , 1965 , 19 , , - , Géographie générale , Pierre Deffontaines,

Mariel Jean-Brunhes Delamarre Mariel Jean-Brunhes Delamarre (1905–2001), was a French writer, geographer and ethnologist. She became a zealous follower of her famous ethnographer father. Biography Born 13 August 1905 in Fribourg, Switzerland, she was the daughter of the ...

André Journaux André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, ...

, , 1966 , 20 , , - , Logique et connaissance scientifique ,

Jean Piaget Jean William Fritz Piaget (, ; ; 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology. ...

, , 1967 , 22 , , - , Jeux et sports ,

Roger Caillois Roger Caillois (; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and philosophy by focusing on very diverse subjects such as ...

, , 1968 , 23 , , - , Ethnologie générale ,

Jean Poirier Jean Poirier (born January 17, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1984 to 1995 who represented the Ottawa area riding of Prescott and Russell. Background Poiri ...

, , 1968 , 24 , , - , Le language ,

André Martinet André Martinet (; 12 April 1908 – 16 July 1999) was a French linguist, influential due to his work on structural linguistics. In linguistic theory, Martinet is known especially for his studies on linguistic economy and double articulation. ...

, , 1968 , 25 , , - , rowspan=3, Histoire de la philosophie ,

Brice Parain Brice Parain (10 March 1897 – 20 March 1971) was a French philosopher and essayist. He appeared as himself in Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 film '' Vivre sa vie''. In Éric Rohmer's film '' My Night at Maud's'' (1969), conversations about Pascal's ...

, Tome I : Orient - Antiquité - Moyen Âge , 1969 , 26 , , - , rowspan=2,

Yvon Belaval Yvon may refer to: * Yvon Chouinard, American mountain climber (born 1938) * Yvon (given name), a masculine given name * Yvon (surname), a surname See also * Chapelle-Yvon * Evon * Ivon * Jaille-Yvon * Pierre-Yvon * Yvan Yvan is a given name. Not ...

, Tome II : De la Renaissance à la Révolution kantienne , 1973 , 36 , , - , Tome III : du XIX^e siècle à nos jours , 1974 , 38 , , - , Physiologie , Maurice Fontaine , , 1969 , 27 , , - , rowspan=3, Histoire de religions , rowspan=3,

Henri-Charles Puech Henri-Charles Puech (; 20 July 1902, Montpellier – 11 January 1986, aged 83) was a French historian who long held the chair of History of religions at the Collège de France from 1952 to 1972. Biography A philosopher by training, he was interes ...

, Tome I , 1970 , 29 , , - , Tome II , 1973 , 34 , , - , Tome III , 1976 , 40 , , - , rowspan=2, Géologie , rowspan=2,

, Tome I , 1972 , 31 , , - , Tome II , 1973 , 35 , , - , La France et les Français ,

Michel François Joseph-Michel François (; 1957 – 2017) was a colonel in the Haitian army. As Haiti Chief of National Police he participated in the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, which overthrew Haiti's elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Former Haitian Pre ...

, , 1972 , 32 , , - , rowspan=2, Ethnologie régionale , rowspan=2,

, Tome I : Afrique - Océanie , 1972 , 33 , , - , Tome II : Asie Amérique Mascareignes , 1978 , 42 , , - , rowspan=2, Géographie régionale , rowspan=2, Pierre Deffontaines, Mariel Jean-Brunhes Delamare,

, Tome I , 1975 , 39 , , - , Tome II , 1979 , 44 , , - , Histoire des techniques , Bertrand Gille , Prolégomènes à une histoire des techniques , 1978 , 41 , , - , rowspan=2, Médecine , rowspan=2,

Pierre de Graciansky Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

Henri Péquignot Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include: People French nobles * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * H ...

, Tome I , 1980 , 45 , , - , Tome II , , 43 , , - , Psychologie , Jean-Paul Bronckart,

Pierre Mounoud Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, , 1987 , 46 , , - , rowspan=3, Histoire des mœurs , rowspan=3,

, Tome I : Les Coordonnées de l'homme et la culture matérielle , 1990 , 47 , , - , Tome II : Modes et Modèles , 1991 , 48 , , - , Tome III : Thèmes et Systèmes culturels , 1991 , 49 , {{ISBN, 2070112012

References

Encyclopedias in French