Les Belles Lettres

Les Belles Lettres ( with full name Société d' Édition Les Belles Lettres ) is a French publishing house based in Paris.

The publisher specializes in the publication of scientific literature and has been known since the early years, mainly thanks to its book series with the publication of ancient authors. The founding of the publishing took place after the First World War, in conjunction with the Association Guillaume Budé, a learned society, which has set itself the spread of ancient culture and literature to the destination. The up to now most well-known publication series of the publisher is because even from the Collection of Universités de France (abbreviated CUF or also called Collection Budé ), a collection of text- critical editions of Greek and Latin writers, including French translation. The first volume of this series appeared in 1920 consisting of a new edition of the Hippias minor of Plato, edited by Maurice Croiset. Today, the series has about 750 titles. Its program also includes publications from the field of philosophy, history, ancient, medieval, and Renaissance, some of which appear in book series like Classiques de l' histoire au Moyen Âge or Classiques de l' Humanisme. The publisher also distributes such prestigious periodicals such as the Année Philologique or the Revue des Études Latines.

Connected to the publisher is a publishing house on the Boulevard Raspail in the VI. Arrondissement of Paris.