The ''Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie'' (abbr. GNLE) is a

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based on the French ''

Grand Larousse encyclopédique The ''Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes'' ("Big Larousse encyclopedia in ten volumes") is a French encyclopedic dictionary published by Larousse between February 1960 and August 1964, with two later supplements that update the conte ...

'', which appeared from 1971 to 1979 in 25 volumes. The project of

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Heideland-Orbis (

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) was larger in scope than its example, as well as the then existent Dutch encyclopaedias ''

Winkler Prins The ''Winkler Prins'' is a Dutch-language encyclopedia, founded by the Dutch poet and clergyman Anthony Winkler Prins (1817–1908) and published by Elsevier. It has run through nine printed editions; the first, issued in 16 volumes from 187 ...

'' and '' Oosthoek''. Due to the cooperation with the publisher of the Larousse they could appeal to the extensive know-how of the French encyclopaedia and supplement it with the help from Dutch and Belgian experts. The encyclopaedia contains 500,000

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, 1066 categories grouped in 20 disciplines, 8000 literary

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s, 52,000

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and

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s and 40 000

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. A full medical encyclopaedia is included, as well as the Koenen-Endepols

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. A separate

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is part of the series. Only a single edition of the ''Grote Nederlandse Larousse'' appeared. *''Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie''. Samenstellers: L. Nagels en L. Vandeschoor. 25 dln. A-Z 1972–79. Atlas, 1979. 2 supplementen 1980, 1983. 's-Gravenhage: Scheltens en Giltay (vanaf dl. 17: Hasselt: Heideland-Orbis / 's-Gravenhage: Scheltens en Giltay).

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