Découvertes Gallimard Books in Order

editorial collection of illustrated, pocket-sized books on a variety of subjects

1. 1.Galilée, le messager des étoiles(1986)1986 book by Jean-Pierre Maury
2. 2.Goya: Painter of Terrible Splendor(1986)1986 book by Jeannine Baticle, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
3. 3.The Search for Ancient Egypt(1986)1986 book by Jean Vercoutter, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
4. 4.Whales: Giants of the Seas and Oceans(1986)1986 book by Yves Cohat and Anne Collet, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
5. 5.Alexander the Great: Man of Action, Man of Spirit(1987)1987 book by Pierre Briant, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
6. 6.Fossils: Evidence of Vanished Worlds(1987)1987 book by Yvette Gayrard-Valy, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
7. 7.La Terre des Peaux-Rouges(1987)1987 book by Philippe Jacquin
8. 8.Lost Cities of the Maya(1987)1987 book by Claude-François Baudez & Sydney Picasso, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
9. 9.Mahomet, la parole d'Allah(1987)1987 book by Anne-Marie Delcambre
10. 10.North Pole, South Pole: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth(1987)1987 book by Bertrand Imbert, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
11. 11.Pompeii: The Day a City Died(1987)1987 book by Robert Étienne, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
12. 12.The Sky: Mystery, Magic, and Myth(1987)1987 book by Jean-Pierre Verdet, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
13. 13.The Vikings: Lords of the Seas(1987)1987 book by Yves Cohat, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
14. 14.Van Gogh: The Passionate Eye(1987)book by Pascal Bonafoux, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
15. 15.Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts(1987)1987 book by Georges Jean, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
16. 16.Degas: The Man and His Art(1988)1988 book by Henri Loyrette, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
17. 17.Richard Wagner : L'opéra de la fin du monde(1988)1988 book by Philippe Godefroid
18. 18.The Amazon: Past, Present, and Future(1988)book by Alain Gheerbrant, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
19. 19.Angkor: Heart of an Asian Empire(1989)1989 book by Bruno Dagens, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
20. 20.Les sorcières, fiancées de Satan(1989)book on witches by Jean-Michel Sallmann
21. 21.Marco Polo et la Route de la Soie(1989)1989 book on Silk Road by Jean-Pierre Drège
22. 22.The Search for Ancient Rome(1989)1989 book by Claude Moatti, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
23. 23.Champollion : Un scribe pour l'Égypte(1990)1990 book on Jean-François Champollion by Michel Dewachter
24. 24.La balle au pied : Histoire du football(1990)1990 book on football by Alfred Wahl
25. 25.Le Roman vrai de l'Encyclopédie(1990)non-fiction work by François Moureau
26. 26.Les Étrusques : La fin d'un mystère(1990)1990 book by Jean-Paul Thuillier
27. 27.Quand le Japon s'ouvrit au monde(1990)1990 book by Keiko Omoto and Francis Macouin
28. 28.The Birth of Greece(1990)book by Pierre Lévêque, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
29. 29.The Search for Ancient Greece(1990)1990 book by Roland Étienne and Françoise Étienne, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
30. 30.William Penn et les quakers : Ils inventèrent le Nouveau Monde(1990)1990 book by Jeanne Henriette Louis and Jean-Olivier Héron
31. 31.Beethoven: The Composer as Hero(1991)book on Beethoven by Philippe A. Autexier from “Abrams Discoveries” series
32. 33.La Gaule retrouvée(1991)1991 non-fiction work by Pierre Pinon
33. 34.Les surréalistes : Une génération entre le rêve et l'action(1991)1991 book by Jean-Luc Rispail
34. 35.Monet: The Ultimate Impressionist(1991)book on Claude Monet by Sylvie Patin from “Abrams Discoveries” series
35. 36.Mummies: A Voyage Through Eternity(1991)1991 book by Françoise Dunand & Roger Lichtenberg, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
36. 37.Rollermania(1991)1991 book by Sam Nieswizski
37. 38.The Crusaders: Warriors of God(1991)1991 book by Georges Tate, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
38. 39.The Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape(1991)1991 book by Anne Hugon, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
39. 40.The Story of Jazz: Bop and Beyond(1991)book by Franck Bergerot & Arnaud Merlin, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
40. 41.Toulouse-Lautrec: Scenes of the Night(1991)1991 book by Claire et José Frèches, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
41. 42.Tout l'or de Byzance(1991)1991 book on history of Byzantine Empire by Michel Kaplan
42. 43.Volcanoes: Fire from the Earth(1991)1991 book by Maurice Krafft, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
43. 44.De lokroep van de zeemeermin(1992)book on Siren and mermaid by Vic de Donder
44. 45.The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europe(1992)book from “Abrams Discoveries” series published by Abrams Books
45. 46.Cathedrals and Castles: Building in the Middle Ages(1993)1993 book by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
46. 47.Compostelle : Le grand chemin(1993)
47. 48.Des hommes et des forêts(1993)1993 non-fiction work by Raphaël Larrère
48. 49.Il était une fois la Mésopotamie(1993)1993 book on Mesopotamia by Jean Bottéro and Marie-Joseph Stève
49. 50.Jésus : Le dieu inattendu(1993)1993 book on Jesus Christ by Gérard Bessière
50. 51.Knossos: Searching for the Legendary Palace of King Minos(1993)book by Alexandre Farnoux, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
51. 52.L'Invention des musées(1993)book on history of museums by Roland Schaer
52. 53.L'heure du grand passage : Chronique de la mort(1993)1993 book by Michel Vovelle
53. 54.Premiers chrétiens, premiers martyrs(1993)1993 book by Pierre-Marie Beaude
54. 55.Renoir: A Sensuous Vision(1993)1993 book by Anne Distel, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
55. 56.The Wisdom of the Buddha(1993)1993 book by Jean Boisselier, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
56. 57.Vampires: Restless Creatures of the Night(1993)book by Jean Marigny, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
57. 58.Voodoo: Search for the Spirit(1993)1993 book by Laënnec Hurbon, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
58. 59.La Franc-Maçonnerie : Une fraternité révélée(1994)1994 book on Freemasonry by Luc Nefontaine
59. 60.La magie blanche de Saint-Pétersbourg(1994)non-fiction work by Dominique Fernandez
60. 61.Manet: The Influence of the Modern(1994)1994 book by Françoise Cachin, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
61. 62.New York : Chronique d'une ville sauvage(1994)1994 book on New York by Jerome Charyn
62. 63.Paradise on Earth: The Gardens of Western Europe(1994)1994 book by Gabrielle van Zuylen, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
63. 64.Périclès : L'apogée d'Athènes(1994)1994 book by Pierre Brulé
64. 65.Vers Tombouctou : L'Afrique des explorateurs II(1994)1994 book by Anne Hugon
65. 66.Voyages en Utopie(1994)non-fiction work by Georges Jean
66. 67.Charlie Chaplin: Comic Genius(1995)1995 book by David Robinson, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
67. 68.La Radio : Rendez-vous sur les ondes(1995)1995 book by Antoine Sabbagh
68. 69.Les Compagnons ou l'amour de la belle ouvrage(1995)1995 essay by François Icher
69. 70.Les Réformes : Luther, Calvin et les protestants(1995)book by Olivier Christin
70. 71.Les châteaux forts : De la guerre à la paix(1995)book by Jean Mesqui
71. 72.Modes & vêtements(1995)1995 book on fashion history by Nathalie Bailleux and Bruno Remaury
72. 73.Nos ancêtres les Romains(1995)1995 book by Roger Hanoune and John Scheid
73. 74.Urbi et Orbi : Deux mille ans de papauté(1995)1995 book on pope by Gérard Bessière and Francesco Chiovaro
74. 75.Alchemy: The Great Secret(1996)1996 book by Andrea Aromatico, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
75. 76.Corot: Extraordinary Landscapes(1996)1996 book by Vincent Pomarède and Gérard de Wallens, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
76. 77.King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table(1996)1996 book by Anne Berthelot, from “Abrams Discoveries” series published by Abrams Books
77. 78.L'invention du tourisme(1996)1996 book by Marc Boyer
78. 79.La Danse 1/ Du ballet de cour au ballet blanc(1996)1996 book by Jean-Pierre Pastori
79. 80.La Magna Grecia: italici e italioti(1996)1996 book on Magna Graecia by Pier Giovanni Guzzo
80. 81.Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance(1996)1996 book by Alessandro Vezzosi
81. 82.Les aventures de la BD(1996)1996 book on comics by Claude Moliterni, Philippe Mellot and Michel Denni
82. 83.Les métamorphoses de Franz Kafka(1996)1996 book on Franz Kafka by Claude Thiébaut
83. 84.Numbers: The Universal Language(1996)1996 book by Denis Guedj, from Abrams Discoveries series
84. 85.Seul avec Dieu : L'aventure mystique(1996)1996 book by Jean-Pierre Jossua
85. 86.Du langage aux langues(1997)1997 book on philology by Ranka Bijeljac-Babić and Roland Breton
86. 87.Enquête sur Sherlock Holmes(1997)1997 non-fiction work by Bernard Oudin
87. 88.Gustave Moreau: Magic and Symbols(1997)book by Geneviève Lacambre, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
88. 89.Hong Kong : Rendez-vous chinois(1997)
89. 90.Khmer: The Lost Empire of Cambodia(1997)1997 book by Thierry Zéphir, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
90. 91.La musique sud-américaine : Rythmes et danses d'un continent(1997)1997 book by Isabelle Leymarie
91. 92.Le Mont Athos : Merveille du christianisme byzantin(1997)book by André Paléologue
92. 93.Le Peuple hébreu : Entre la Bible et l'Histoire(1997)1997 book on Hebrews by Mireille Hadas-Lebel
93. 94.Les cathares : Pauvres du Christ ou apôtres de Satan ?(1997)1997 book on Catharism by Anne Brenon
94. 95.Lewis Carroll in Wonderland: The Life and Times of Alice and Her Creator(1997)book by Stephanie Lovett Stoffel, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
95. 96.Miroir, mon beau miroir : Une Histoire de la beauté(1997)1997 book by Dominique Paquet
96. 97.À pleines pages : Histoire du livre, Volume I(1997)book on history of books by Bruno Blasselle
97. 98.Le Phare d'Alexandrie : La Merveille retrouvée(1998)1998 non-fiction work by Jean-Yves Empereur
98. 99.Les Phéniciens : Aux origines du Liban(1998)1998 book by Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Éric Gubel
99. 100.Megaliths: Stones of Memory(1998)1998 book by Jean-Pierre Mohen, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
100. 101.Ramesses II: Greatest of the Pharaohs(1998)book by Bernadette Menu, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
101. 102.The Art and Culture of Japan(1998)1998 book by Nelly Delay, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
102. 103.The Search for Ancient China(1998)1998 book by Corinne Debaine-Francfort, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
103. 104.L'illusion baroque : L'architecture entre 1600 et 1750(1999)1999 book on Baroque architecture by Frédéric Dassas
104. 105.Proust : La cathédrale du temps(1999)1999 book on Marcel Proust by Jean-Yves Tadié
105. 106.The Pre-Raphaelites: Romance and Realism(1999)1999 book by Laurence des Cars, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
106. 107.Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile(2000)2000 book by Christian Cannuyer, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
107. 108.Darwin and the Science of Evolution(2000)2000 book by Patrick Tort, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
108. 109.La Bible : Le Livre, les livres(2000)book on Bible by Pierre Gibert
109. 110.La Vierge : Femme au visage divin(2000)2000 book by Sylvie Barnay
110. 111.Marie-Antoinette : La Dernière Reine(2000)2000 book by Évelyne Lever
111. 113.Alexandria: Jewel of Egypt(2001)2001 book by Jean-Yves Empereur, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
112. 114.De Kaboul à Samarcande : Les archéologues en Asie centrale(2001)2001 book on archaeology of Central Asia by Svetlana Gorshenina and Claude Rapin
113. 115.« Dis-moi ce que tu manges... »(2001)work by Ann-Lucie Raoult-Wack, in the collection « Découvertes Gallimard / Art de vivre » (nº 406)
114. 116.Aboriginal Australians: First Nations of an Ancient Continent(2002)2002 book by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker
115. 117.La Légion d'honneur : Un Ordre au service de la Nation(2002)2002 book by Anne de Chefdebien and Bertrand Galimard Flavigny
116. 118.La Syrie antique(2002)2002 book by Maurice Sartre
117. 119.La longue marche des gays(2002)2002 non-fiction work by Frédéric Martel
118. 120.Tibet: An Enduring Civilization(2002)2002 book by Françoise Pommaret, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
119. 121.Graphic Design: A History(2003)book by Alain Weill, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
120. 122.Nicolas de Staël : Une illumination sans précédent(2003)2003 non-fiction work by Marie du Bouchet
121. 123.Éloge du mariage(2003)2003 book by Martine Segalen
122. 124.Dalí: Master of Fantasies(2004)2004 book by Jean-Louis Gaillemin, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
123. 125.La Libye antique(2004)2004 non-fiction work by Claude Sintes
124. 126.La Prison : À l'ombre des hauts murs(2004)non-fiction work by Jean-Claude Vimont
125. 127.Les Saints : Des êtres de chair et de ciel(2004)non-fiction work by Sylvie Barnay
126. 128.Turner: Life and Landscape(2004)2004 book by Olivier Meslay, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
127. 129.Dada: The Revolt of Art(2005)2005 book by Marc Dachy, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
128. 130.L'Arménie à l'épreuve des siècles(2005)2005 book by Annie and Jean-Pierre Mahé
129. 131.L'archéologie : Entre science et passion(2005)2005 non-fiction work by Jean-Paul Demoule
130. 132.Mélancolie : Les métamorphoses de la dépression(2005)2005 book by Hélène Prigent
131. 133.François Mitterrand, un dessein, un destin(2006)essay by Hubert Védrine
132. 134.L'affaire Qumrân : Les découvertes de la mer Morte(2006)book by Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Estelle Villeneuve
133. 135.The Great Pyramids(2006)2006 book by Jean-Pierre Corteggiani, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
134. 136.L'âge d'or de l'Inde classique(2007)2007 book by Amina Okada and Thierry Zéphir
135. 137.La Mode : Un demi-siècle conquérant(2007)2007 book by Valérie Guillaume and Dominique Veillon
136. 138.Marilyn: The Last Goddess(2007)2007 book by Jerome Charyn, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
137. 139.Henri Cartier-Bresson(2008)2008 book by Clément Chéroux, from “Abrams Discoveries” series
138. 140.Le monde de Lourdes(2008)2008 book by Élisabeth Claverie
139. 141.Le président des États-Unis : Un pouvoir impérial ?(2008)2008 book on the President of the United States by Vincent Michelot
140. 142.Palmyre : La cité des caravanes(2008)2008 book by Annie Sartre-Fauriat and Maurice Sartre
141. 143.Le soufisme : Voie mystique de l'islam(2009)2009 book by Thierry Zarcone
142. 144.Les icônes en Russie(2010)2010 book by Olga Medvedkova
143. 145.Brassens : Le libertaire de la chanson(2011)book by Clémentine Deroudille
144. 146.Casanova : Histoire de sa vie(2011)2011 book by Michel Delon
145. 147.Le Chamanisme de Sibérie et d'Asie centrale(2011)2011 book by Charles Stépanoff and Thierry Zarcone
146. 148.L'art urbain : Du graffiti au street art(2012)2012 book by Stéphanie Lemoine
147. 149.Soutine : « Le lyrisme de la matière »(2012)2012 book by Marie-Madeleine Massé
148. 150.Tintoret : Naissance d'un génie(2018)2018 book by Guillaume Cassegrain
149. 151.El Greco(2019)2019 book by Charlotte Chastel-Rousseau

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