- Petit Larousse
"Le Petit Larousse" is a French-language reference book (the Spanish-version "El Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado" and Italian-version "Il Piccolo Rizzoli Larousse" have also been published) 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 anencyclopedia ofproper nouns "(compareencyclopedic dictionary )".The motto of
Pierre Larousse , the namesake of Les Editions Larousse, and perpetuated in Larousse's publications is "Je sème à tout vent" ("I sow to all winds"). This motto inspires the cover art of Le Petit Larousse which typically features a female figure blowing dandelion seeds.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 2007 (published in 2006) includes 150,000 definitions and 5,000 illustrations. The following editions are available:*Compact
*Coffret Noël
*Grand Format
*Grand Format Coffret Noël
*Collection Multimedia
*CD-ROM Edition PrestigeExternal links
* [http://www.larousse.fr/ Les Editions Larousse]
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