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Les livres~\cite{Lamport} et~\cite{Companion} sont deux bons bouquins sur \LaTeX.

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L. Lamport,
\textit{\LaTeX: A Document Preparation System},
Addison-Wesley, 1994.

\bibitem[GMS94]{Companion}
M. Goossens, F. Mittelbach et A. Samarin,
\textit{The \LaTeX{} Companion},
Addison-Wesley, 1994.

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