Larousse. Wall calendar 2026

13 display panels featuring mushrooms and butterflies, along with fruits and feathers, evoke memories of biology classes from days gone by. The magnificent animal and plant illustrations in this portrait-format wall calendar are by Pierre Larousse, originating from the French Brockhaus, the Nouveau Larousse illustré. The labels for the display panels are provided in French and German. In 1878 and 1887, the namesake Pierre Larousse (1817-1875) published an encyclopedia with a language dictionary titled Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Later, Claude Augé (1854-1924), director at the Larousse publishing house, continued this idea and tradition as his successor. He authored the great Larousse (Nouveau Larousse illustré, 1897 to 1904 in 7 volumes), which included colored illustrations for the first time, and the small Larousse (Le Petit Larousse illustré). The reference work has been published annually in a new edition since 1905, along with many offshoots of the great Larousse on various topics. The books continue to be published today by the company that Pierre Larousse founded in 1852 under the name Librairie Larousse et Boyer.