Les Belles Lettres

Les Belles Lettres, founded in 1919, is a French publisher specialising in the publication of ancient texts such as the Collection Budé. The publishing house, originally named Société Les Belles Lettres pour le développement de la culture classique, was founded by the Association Guillaume Budé, with the initial goal of publishing Greek and Latin classics. The publishing house won the PhiloMonaco Mention Honorifique in 2019.

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