page_title: Nouveau Larousse illustré
hierarchical_section_title: Nouveau Larousse illustré
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside cover of the "Nouveau Larousse illustré", (New Larousse illustrated) encyclopedia
context_page_description: The Nouveau Larousse illustré was an illustrated French language encyclopedia published by Éditions Larousse between 1897 and 1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. It was essentially a scaled-down version of the Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle of Pierre Larousse, but updated and written in a more neutral, scientific style under the editorship of Claude Augé.
  The encyclopedia consisted of 7,600 pages containing 237,000 articles, with 49,000 black and white illustrations, over 500 maps and 89 colour plates.
context_section_description: The Nouveau Larousse illustré (New Larousse Illustrated) was an illustrated French language encyclopedia published by Éditions Larousse between 1897 and 1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. It was essentially a scaled-down version of the Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (Great universal dictionary of the 19th century) of Pierre Larousse, but updated and written in a more neutral, scientific style under the editorship of Claude Augé (1854−1924).
  The encyclopedia consisted of 7,600 pages containing 237,000 articles, with 49,000 black and white illustrations, over 500 maps and 89 colour plates.
caption: Cover of a volume of the Nouveau Larousse illustré
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