Quid (encyclopedia)
1963–2007 French encyclopaedia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quid[nb 1] is a French encyclopedia, established in 1963 by Dominique Frémy. It was published annually between 1963 and 2007, first by Plon (1963-1974) and later by Éditions Robert Laffont (1975-2007),[1] and was the most popular encyclopedic reference work in France.
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Country | France |
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Language | French |
Publisher | Plon, Éditions Robert Laffont |
Publication date | 1963–2007 |
The presentation is very compressed, and abbreviations are used extensively in telegraph style. It uses very thin paper to get all the information into one volume. It is published each year in one volume about the size of a large dictionary. The motto of the encyclopedia is "Tout sur tout... tout de suite" (translated as: "Everything on everything... right now"). Examples of the precise information included in Quid are: a) the use of moustaches among Austrian mailmen is forbidden to avoid them being confused with military officers; b) in 1850 there were 1,400,000 inhabitants in Finland, and c) in the West, a woman spends an average of 100 days of her life in ironing.[2]