Acomplete dictionary and encyclopedia in one volume, this full-featured resource belongs on every French reference shelf. Completely updated for 2006, the newest edition includes 90,000 entries with 200,000 definitions. This easy-to-use volume features more than 5,000 full-color photographs, maps, tables, and drawings, including a full-color atlas of French-speaking countries. Up-to-date encyclopedic entries on everything from the arts and architecture to science and technology make Le petit Larousse illustré the one place to turn for comprehensive coverage of the French language and world culture.