Éditions Larousse

The Éditions Larousse are a French publishing house in Paris, which publishes mainly dictionaries, encyclopedias, specialized encyclopedias, textbooks and school books.

History

The publisher goes back to 1852 by Pierre Larousse and Augustin Boyer founded " Librairie Larousse et Boyer ". The publisher was independent until 1983, when it was first bought by " CEP Communication ," in 1998 by the French media group Vivendi, and finally in 2004 by Hachette Livre (part of Groupe Lagardère ).

Symbol of the publisher

The symbol of the original publisher is a young woman who blows away the seeds of a dandelion flower of a dandelion ( " La semeuse " on German " the Sower "). Until 1993, it was accompanied by the slogan "The sème à tout vent" ( " I sow from the four winds ").

Publications

The best known works are (all in French):

• Petit Larousse, also Petit Larousse illustré called, this encyclopedic dictionary in a band is the best-selling dictionary France; first edition 1905.
• Grand Larousse illustré, a three-volume encyclopedia with 85,000 articles, is sold together with a multimedia version.
• Encyclopédie Universelle Larousse, a multimedia encyclopedia with 150,000 articles; the three editions of " Prestige Edition ," " l' Intégrale " and " l' Essential " have more or less multimedia supplements.
• Foreign language dictionaries for English, German, Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish and other languages ​​.

Known, no longer published works:

• Grand dictionnaire universel du XIX. siècle ( 1864-76, 15 vols; supplements in 1878 and 1887), the encyclopedia that has made the reputation of the publisher.
• Grand Larousse encyclopédique, Grand Dictionnaire Larousse encyclopédique and Grand Larousse universel, 1960-1982 (?) Issued encyclopedias with 10-15 volumes.