Grand Dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse
French encyclopaedia
Grand Dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, (French: “Larousse Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary”), French encyclopaedia published in Paris (1982–85) by Librairie Larousse and based on earlier editions of Larousse encyclopaedias dating back to the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (“Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century”), inaugurated by the editor and lexicographer Pierre Larousse (1817–75). Combining both encyclopaedic and dictionary entries, the 10-volume set contains about 190,000 concise and specific articles on all varieties of persons, places, and...