This is a single volume encyclopedia, companion book to the "Nouveau Petit Robert 2010". It includes: 40,000 entries - places, people, events, organisations, institutions, works of art...2,000 photographs and line drawings; 10,000 etymological entries explaining the origin of names of people and places; 350 articles of overview; 240 maps, 140 grids and tableaux; and, a 200 page illustrated time-line of human activity from the beginnings to the present day. Plus one year"s free access to the internet site of Petit Robert (details inside the book). It contains 2688 pages. It is presented in 17 X 24.5 cm.