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Le Petit Larousse Illustré, commonly known simply as Le Petit Larousse^[1] (French pronunciation: [lə pə.ti laʁus]), is a French-language encyclopedic dictionary published by Éditions Larousse.^[2][3] It first appeared in 1905 and was edited by Claude Augé,^[3] following Augé's Dictionnaire complet illustré (1889). The one-volume work has two main sections: a dictionary featuring common words and an encyclopedia of proper nouns. Le Petit Larousse 2007 (published in 2006) includes 150,000 definitions and 5,000 illustrations. A Spanish-version, the El Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado and an Italian version, Il Piccolo Rizzoli Larousse, have also been published.^[3]

The motto of Pierre Larousse, the namesake of Éditions Larousse, 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 (fr).

The following editions are available:

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

• Les Editions Larousse (in French)
• Le Petit Larousse, 5th edition, 1906, at Google Books
• Le Petit Larousse, 5h editions, 1906, at the Internet Archive

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