Larousse Encyclopedia (1-10)

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Publication Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This is a truly great and immortal work created in the 19th century. It condenses the human knowledge of the 19th century, which is an excellent creation. After many mediocre, trivial, rough, and stale books, finally there was a more comprehensive and grand encyclopedia that could rival the exquisite Diderot Encyclopedia. (This person who highly praised the person and the book of Larousse was the great 18th-century literary figure—Victor Hugo.) The Larousse encyclopedia series is a renowned product in the world of encyclopedias, regarded by the French as the "Bible after the Bible," and by Europeans as one of the world's great encyclopedias. The American Library Association highly praised the Larousse encyclopedia series, considering it to have elegant and fluent text, rich and exquisite illustrations, a magazine-style aesthetic, and particularly detailed introductions to the history, people, and places of Europe, especially France, which is unmatched by encyclopedias from other countries. This is a truly great and immortal work created in the 19th century. It condenses the human knowledge of the 19th century, which is an excellent creation. After many mediocre, trivial, rough, and stale books, finally there was a more comprehensive and grand encyclopedia that could rival the exquisite Diderot Encyclopedia. (This person who highly praised the person and the book of Larousse was the great 18th-century literary figure—Victor Hugo.) The Larousse encyclopedia series is a renowned product in the world of encyclopedias, regarded by the French as the "Bible after the Bible," and by Europeans as one of the world's great encyclopedias. The American Library Association highly praised the Larousse encyclopedia series, considering it to have elegant and fluent text, rich and exquisite illustrations, a magazine-style aesthetic, and particularly detailed introductions to the history, people, and places of Europe, especially France, which is unmatched by encyclopedias from other countries.
In France, the book with the second-highest sales after the Bible is the Larousse dictionary, with a total circulation exceeding ten million copies, and 80% of French households own a Larousse dictionary. Today, the main Larousse dictionaries have been translated into 41 languages and are distributed worldwide. The Larousse brand and publications have become part of French cultural heritage. She makes the French proud and fills the world with admiration!
In the mid-18th century, the French Denis Diderot compiled the world's first encyclopedia, pioneering the history of encyclopedia compilation and publication, and was known as the "Father of Encyclopedias." A hundred years later, another Frenchman, Pierre Larousse, compiled and published an encyclopedia that combined encyclopedic knowledge with lexical entries, laying the foundation for the later diverse and ever-expanding Larousse encyclopedia series and was also called the "Father of Encyclopedias." Two cultural giants from two centuries created a miracle—France produced two people hailed as the "Fathers of Modern Encyclopedias," and France's encyclopedias shone with exceptional brilliance in the world.
When the Larousse encyclopedia dictionary was born, Larousse received a thank-you letter from a reader who wrote: "This is a truly great and immortal work you created in the 19th century. It condenses the human knowledge of the 19th century, which is an excellent creation. After many mediocre, trivial, rough, and stale books, finally there was a more comprehensive and grand encyclopedia that could rival the exquisite Diderot Encyclopedia. Its publication brought wealth to publishers and honor to compilers."
"Your plan is grand, and your goal is noble."
"You wish to contribute to human progress, and you will surely achieve your goal. The deeper your connection to your era, the greater your success will be."
This person who highly praised the person and the book of Larousse was the great 18th-century literary figure—Victor Hugo.
More than a century later, history truly proved Hugo's prophecy: The encyclopedia enterprise pioneered by Larousse developed into a giant industry in the world of encyclopedia publishing, and the Larousse Encyclopedia became one of the world's three most influential encyclopedias. The Larousse publishing house founded by Larousse became a renowned publishing house with a global reputation.
The Larousse encyclopedia series is a renowned product in the world of encyclopedias, praised by Lenin, regarded by the French as the "Bible after the Bible," and by Europeans as one of the world's great encyclopedias. The American Library Association highly praised the Larousse encyclopedia series, considering it to have elegant and fluent text, rich and exquisite illustrations, a magazine-style aesthetic, and particularly detailed introductions to the history, people, and places of Europe, especially France, which is unmatched by encyclopedias from other countries.
The famous French writer Alexandre Dumas said: "A good bookshelf should have three types of books: the Gospel, La Fontaine's fables, and the Larousse Encyclopedia."
Larousse publishing house was founded in 1852, and its first dictionary was the "Child's Grammar Dictionary." Later, it published the "New Grammar Dictionary," which sold 5 million copies at the time and became the predecessor of the "Petit Larousse." In 1863, Larousse publishing house began to publish the 20-volume "Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century" in installments. In 1905, the famous "Petit Larousse" was published, becoming one of the world's most influential dictionaries. It was also this dictionary that pioneered the use of illustrations in dictionaries, making "picture language" another language for dictionary definitions.
In the early 20th century, Larousse publishing house began to compile and publish the series "Larousse Specialized Dictionaries" and "Larousse French-foreign Bilingual Dictionaries." In the middle of the 20th century, Larousse publishing house published various "Larousse Dictionaries" and "Larousse Encyclopedias," elevating Larousse publishing to an even more glorious level.
The 150-year history of Larousse is not just a miracle in French culture and publishing history but has also become a banner in the world of publishing, making it an influential multinational publishing group. Today, in France, the book with the second-highest sales after the Bible is the Larousse dictionary, with a total circulation exceeding tens of millions of copies, and 80% of French households own a Larousse dictionary. Its main dictionaries have been translated into 41 languages and are distributed worldwide. The Larousse brand and publications have become part of French cultural heritage. She makes the French proud and fills the world with admiration.
For Larousse dictionaries and encyclopedias, in Europe and the English-speaking world, they are household names, but in many Chinese readers, they are relatively unknown. Encyclopedias are considered the crown of the book industry, and the crown jewel among them is undoubtedly the renowned world's three great encyclopedias: the "Encyclop?dia Britannica" (also known as the "British Encyclopedia"), the "Great American Encyclopedia," and the French "Larousse Encyclopedia." The first two encyclopedias have already been published in Chinese, but the Chinese edition of the Larousse Encyclopedia arrived late, and only recently has it unveiled its mysterious face to Chinese readers.
In a sense, the Larousse encyclopedia does not refer to a single book but is a brand name for a series of encyclopedias. The characteristics of this brand are simplicity, novelty, and practicality, especially with the inclusion of a large number of exquisite color illustrations, which gives Larousse encyclopedias a magnificent and exquisite magazine-style aesthetic, making them unique in the world of encyclopedias.