Découvertes Gallimard

(, ; in United Kingdom: ***New Horizons***, in United States: ***Abrams Discoveries***) is an illustrated encyclopaedic collection of pocket-sized books created by the French publisher Éditions Gallimard, made in the style of  ('art book'). The first volume
(English-language edition: _The Search for Ancient Egypt_) was published on 21 November 1986, which is written by the French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter.

## Overview

The birth of this collection was based on an idea by Pierre Marchand, then directed by Élisabeth de Farcy. There are 588 volumes plus more than 150 books of spin-offs in this collection, each book focuses on a particular topic, such as history and archaeology, culture and society, art and aesthetics, science and technology, a biography of a famous person, or memories of places, etc. The whole collection covers almost everything of human knowledge. The A6 paper size (125 × 178 mm) is used for these pocket books and printed on thick and glossy coated paper, with a lot of full colour illustrations extracted from heritage resources to decorate the informational texts. Each book has a “Documents” section, more detailed documentary information and historical records are provided here, as well as the sources of all illustrations for those who want to learn further.

The _Découvertes_ collection has been translated into more than 20 languages and sold over 20 million copies worldwide as of 1999. The English edition of _Découvertes Gallimard_ is published by Harry N. Abrams in United States under the title ***Abrams Discoveries*** series, and in United Kingdom it is published by Thames & Hudson called ***New Horizons*** series.

## Gallery

- Book spines

- Opening

- Page layout

## Other websites

- Découvertes Gallimard _Arts_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard _Archéologie_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard _Histoire_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard _Littératures_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard _Religions_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard _Culture et société_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard _Sciences et techniques_ series at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard Texto at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard Albums at Éditions Gallimard
- Une autre histoire du XX siècle at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard Hors série at Éditions Gallimard
- Découvertes Gallimard Carnet d'expo at Éditions Gallimard
- List of "Abrams Discoveries" series at Goodreads
- List of 'New Horizons' series  at Publishing History

## Infobox (book series)

- **image**:

- **image caption**: Images used on _Découvertes Gallimard_ book covers.
- **editors**: Pierre Marchand (editor), Pierre Marchand, Élisabeth de Farcy, Paule du Bouchet
- **translator**: Ruth Sharman, Paul Bahn, Paul G. Bahn, et al.
- **illustrator**: Dominique Thibault (author), Dominique Thibault, , for  only (first 2 volumes), et al.
- **cover artist**: David Roberts (painter), David Roberts, Roland Cat, et al.
- **country**: France
- **language**: French language, French
- **genre**: Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia, humanities
- **publisher**: FR: Éditions Gallimard
UK: Thames & Hudson
US: Abrams Books, Harry N. Abrams
- **pub date**: 1986–present
- **english pub date**: UK & US: 1992–2008
- **media type**: Print (Paperback, Hardback, hardcover) & Digital edition for iPad
- **number of books**: 700⁺
107
111
- **oclc**: 638040265