Petit Larousse

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Le Petit Larousse is a French-language reference book first appearing in 1905 and later published in a 100th anniversary edition in 2005. The book has two main sections: a dictionary featuring common words and an encyclopedia of proper nouns (compare encyclopedic dictionary).

Upon its 100th anniversary, a history of Le Petit Larousse was published called La dent-de-lion, la semeuse et le Petit Larousse written by Jean Pruvost. Le Petit Larousse 2006 (published in 2005) includes 90,000 entries, 200,000 definitions, and 5,000 illustrations. The following editions are available:

Compact
Coffret Noël
Grand Format
Grand Format Coffret Noël
Collection Multimedia
CD-ROM Edition Prestige

Image:Petit-larousse-2006.jpg|Le Petit Larousse in its current edition, 2006 ISBN 2035302064 Image:Petit-larousse-1905.jpg|Le Petit Larousse in its original form, 1905 edition ISBN 2035308496 Image:Dent-de-lion.jpg|La dent-de-lion, la semeuse et le Petit Larousse, 2005 ISBN 2035321654

External links

[Les Editions Larousse]

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