Following the work of
Pierre Larousse
Pierre Athanase Larousse (23 October 18173 January 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume ''Grand dict ...
on the ''
Grand dictionnaire Universel'', the ''Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse'', a ten-volume dictionary, was published between 1982 and 1985 by
Éditions Larousse
Éditions Larousse is a French publishing house specialising in reference works such as dictionaries. It was founded by Pierre Larousse and its best-known work is the ''Petit Larousse''.
It was acquired from private owners by Compagnie Europée ...
. It is an encyclopedia and a dictionary merged in a single alphabetical listing. Beneath the standard dictionary (meanings, usages) entry comes the encyclopedic section.
Articles are illustrated by photographs, maps, chronologies and diagrams.
French encyclopedias
French dictionaries
Éditions Larousse books
1982 non-fiction books
20th-century encyclopedias
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