Éditions Tallandier

Éditions Tallandier is a French publishing house founded in 1901. It is the successor to La Librairie Illustrée (1875–1900), itself the successor to Librairie Polo, founded in 1871. Although the company's initial development was based mainly on publishing collections of popular novels, Éditions Tallandier is best known for its catalog of historical essays, which, at the beginning of the twentieth century, earned the company its letters of nobility with works by Madelin, Calmette, Lavedan, and Lavisse. They continue to publish the works of historians such as Emmanuel de Waresquiel, Jean Tulard, Marc Ferro, and Michel Winock. In the 2010s, their catalog expanded to include essays on the contemporary world.

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