WDécouvertes Gallimard is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard. The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, intended for a general audience but written by experts.
WThe Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape is an illustrated monograph on the European exploration of Africa, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1991. Written by the French Africanist and historian Anne Hugon, this work is the 117th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was adapted into a documentary film in 2003, by the title Le Mystère des sources du Nil.
WAngkor: Heart of an Asian Empire is an illustrated monograph on the archaeology and rediscovery of Angkor Wat, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1989. Written by the French archaeologist and art historian, Bruno Dagens, this work is the 64th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection. It was adapted into a documentary film with the same title in 2002.
WChampollion: A Scribe for Egypt is a 2000 documentary film adapted from French Egyptologist Michel Dewachter's nonfiction book of the same name. Directed by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, and co-produced by Trans Europe Film, La Sept-Arte, Éditions Gallimard and Louvre Museum, with voice-over narration by French actors Françoise Fabian and Jean-Hugues Anglade, the film retraces step by step the passionate journey which led Jean-François Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
WCoptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile is an illustrated monograph on Copts and Christian Egypt, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 2000. Written by the Belgian historian of religion Christian Cannuyer, this work is the 395th volume in the 'Découvertes Gallimard' collection.
WDarwin and the Science of Evolution is an illustrated biography of Charles Darwin, and a monograph on his theory of evolution, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 2000. Written by the French historian of science Patrick Tort, this work is the 397th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was adapted into a documentary film in 2002, with the same title.
WPaule du Bouchet is a French writer, novelist and author of several books for youth. She is currently in charge of the Music Department of Gallimard Jeunesse.
WThe Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape is an illustrated monograph on the European exploration of Africa, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1991. Written by the French Africanist and historian Anne Hugon, this work is the 117th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was adapted into a documentary film in 2003, by the title Le Mystère des sources du Nil.
WThe Garden: Visions of Paradise is an illustrated monograph on gardens and cultural history of gardening, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard, in 1994. Written by the Franco-Dutch garden designer and landscape architect Gabrielle van Zuylen, this work is the 207th volume in the 'Découvertes Gallimard' collection.
WLeonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance is an illustrated biography of Leonardo da Vinci, translated from Italian into French by Françoise Liffran, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1996. Written by the Italian art critic Alessandro Vezzosi, this work is the 293rd volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was adapted into a documentary film in 2001, by the title Léonard de Vinci.
WDécouvertes Gallimard is a French encyclopaedic collection of illustrated pocket books published by Éditions Gallimard since 1986. Books of this collection have been selectively translated into English. London-based publisher Thames & Hudson launched its first English-translated titles in 1992, under the title ‘New Horizons’ series. Harry N. Abrams of New York City produces the collection in United States under the title "Abrams Discoveries" series.
WLost Cities of the Maya is an illustrated monograph on Maya archaeology, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1987. Co-written by the French Mayanist and iconologist Claude-François Baudez and art historian Sydney Picasso, this work is the 20th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was adapted into a documentary film in 2000, with the same title.
WPierre Marchand was a significant figure in French publishing history, who gave French publishing an international dimension. He created the magazine Voiles et Voiliers with Jean-Olivier Héron in 1971. He joined Éditions Gallimard in 1972 and immediately founded Gallimard Jeunesse, the youth department and subsidiary of Éditions Gallimard, which he managed until 1999, notably creating a number of well-known collections, such as "1000 Soleils", "Folio Junior" (1977), "Folio Benjamin" (1980), as well as "Découvertes Gallimard" (1986).
WMummies: A Voyage Through Eternity is an illustrated monograph on the Egyptian mummies and ancient Egyptian funerary practices, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1991. Co-written by the French historian Françoise Dunand and the medical doctor Roger Lichtenberg, this work is the 118th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection.
WNumbers: The Universal Language is an illustrated monograph on numbers and their history, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1996. Written by the French historian of science Denis Guedj, this work is the 300th volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was adapted into a documentary film in 2001, with the same title.
WOnce Upon a Time in Mesopotamia is a 1998 documentary film adapted from the nonfiction book of the same name by French Assyriologist Jean Bottéro and archaeologist Marie-Joseph Stève. Directed by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, and co-produced by Trans Europe Film, La Sept-Arte, Éditions Gallimard, Louvre Museum and La Cinquième, with voice-over narration by French actors François Marthouret and Corinne Jaber, the documentary is structured like an adventure film, takes viewers into the world of the first discoverers, epigraphists and Assyriologists who revealed Mesopotamian archaeology to the modern world.
WThe Pyramids of Giza: Facts, Legends and Mysteries is a 2006 illustrated monograph by French Egyptologist Jean-Pierre Corteggiani. The book was published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of 'Découvertes Gallimard', together with Néron : Le mal-aimé de l'Histoire, L'affaire Qumrân : Les découvertes de la mer Morte and a new edition of À la recherche de l'Égypte oubliée.
WThe Search for Ancient Egypt is an illustrated monograph on the history of the rediscovery of ancient Egypt and of Egyptology, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard, in 1986. Written by the French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter, this work is the first volume in the “Découvertes Gallimard” collection. It was awarded a literary prize by the Fondation de France in 1987.
WVampires: The World of the Undead is an illustrated monograph on cultural history of vampires and vampire folklore and literature, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard, in 1993. Written by the French professor of English literature and specialist on vampire myth, Jean Marigny, this work is the 161st volume in the 'Découvertes Gallimard' collection.
WVoodoo: Truth and Fantasy is an illustrated monograph on Haitian Vodou, published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard in 1993. Written by the Haitian sociologist of religion Laënnec Hurbon, this work is the 190th volume in the 'Découvertes Gallimard' collection.