GRAND DICTIONNAIRE ENCYCLOPDIQUE 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 sicle ("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 things worldwide. Illustrations are profuse and include maps, drawings, and photographs, virtually all in colour except for old prints available only in black and white. Bibliographies are arranged by entry and are grouped at the end of each letter of the alphabet. Text from the encyclopaedia was incorporated into the Larousse multimdia encyclopdique on CD-ROM in 1996.