by Alain Rey · tapa dura · ISBN 9782849020678
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«Le Petit Robert des noms propres» is the encyclopedic dictionary directed by Alain Rey, published by Dictionnaires Le Robert in hardcover.
It brings together some 40,000 proper names: people, places, events, organizations, institutions and works, in alphabetical order with analogical cross-references. It includes 2,000 photographs, maps and world maps, synthesis articles on artistic, religious and political movements, etymologies of names and a geopolitical and cultural atlas.
The first edition dates from 1974; this edition, revised and updated in May 2005, includes the «Atlas géopolitique & culturel du Petit Robert des noms propres» as a supplementary volume.
A reference work for students, teachers and professionals who need encyclopedic information in French about people, places and events.
Alain Rey was a French linguist, lexicographer and radio personality. He was the editor-in-chief at French dictionary publisher Dictionnaires Le Robert. His wife, Josette Rey-Debove, was also his colleague.
