Bibliothèque de la Pléiade

The Bibliothèque de la Pléiade is a book series that is published by the French publisher Gallimard since 1931.

Appear in her work editions of the classics of world literature, focusing on French literature is. Each band represents a developed under strict editorial guidelines Werkausgabe an outstanding authors; in the appendix contains a critical apparatus and detailed registers. The Pleiades enjoy an exceptionally great prestige in the French literary landscape; to be included in his lifetime in the list of Pleiades - authors is considered one of the greatest honors of French literature, which has so far been only a dozen authors conceded ( René Char, Paul Claudel, André Gide, Julien Gracq, Julien Green, Eugène Ionesco, Claude Lévi- Strauss, André Malraux, Henry de Montherlant, Nathalie Sarraute, Saint- John Perse, Marguerite Yourcenar and Milan Kundera ). By 2010, over 560 volumes have been published; currently appear eleven volumes a year. The Pleiades are a popular collector's item.

The small-format (105 × 170 mm) volumes of which have very complicated with wood-free 36 -gram Bible paper, and depending on different colored Schafledereinbänden century with gold embossing. On average, costs a Pleiades - band between 50 and 75 euros. 67 Units of volumes are illustrated and 16 bilingual.

Predecessor of the " Bibliothèque " were the " Éditions de la Pléiade " of the Russian-Swiss publisher Jacques Schiffrin, published in Paris since 1922. The name " Pléiade " "referred to a group of classic Russian poet, as Schiffrins son tells in his memoirs. He gives as the year of transfer to Gallimard in 1933.