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L'Illustration

L'Illustration was a weekly illustrated French news periodical. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

L'Illustration began in 1843, and ran until 1944. No issue copyright renewals were found for this serial. The first copyright-renewed contribution is from April 13, 1929. (More details) After the end of World War II, a successor magazine, France Illustration, ran from 1945 into the 1950s before ending.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1843-1844, 1850-1851, 1873, 1891, 1905, 1913-1914: Project Gutenberg has illustrated transcriptions of selected issues, including some not included in any of the other links on this page.
• 1843-1874, 1876-1879, 1881, 1884-1885, 1896-1902, 1905-1928: HathiTrust has most issues from 1843 through 1928. Access to volumes after 1898 may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1843: The Internet Archive has volume 1, covering March-August 1843.
• 1843-1844: The Internet Archive has volume 2, covering September 1843-February 1844.
• 1844: The Internet Archive has volume 3, covering March-August 1844.
• 1844-1845: The Internet Archive has volume 4, covering September 1844-February 1845.
• 1845: The Internet Archive has volume 5, covering March-August 1845.
• 1845-1846: The Internet Archive has volume 6, covering September 1845-February 1846.
• 1846: The Internet Archive has volume 7, covering March-August 1846.
• 1846-1847: The Internet Archive has volume 8, covering September 1846-February 1847.
• 1847: The Internet Archive has volume 9, covering March-August 1847.
• 1847-1848: The Internet Archive has volume 10, covering September 1847-February 1848.
• 1848: Google Books has volume 11, covering March-August 1848.
• 1848-1849: The Internet Archive has volume 12, covering September 1848-February 1849.
• 1849: HathiTrust has volume 13, covering March-August 1849.
• 1849: HathiTrust has volume 14, covering September-December 1849.
• 1850: The Internet Archive has volume 15, covering January-June 1850.
• 1850: The Internet Archive has volume 16, covering July-December 1850.
• 1851: HathiTrust has volume 17, covering January-June 1851.
• 1851: HathiTrust has volume 18, covering July-December 1851.
• 1852: HathiTrust has volume 19, covering January-June 1852.
• 1852: HathiTrust has volume 20, covering July-December 1852.
• 1853: HathiTrust has volume 22, covering July-December 1853.
• 1854: HathiTrust has volume 23, covering January-June 1854.
• 1854: HathiTrust has volume 24, covering July-December 1854.
• 1855: HathiTrust has volume 25, covering January-June 1855.
• 1855: HathiTrust has volume 26, covering July-December 1855.
• 1856: HathiTrust has volume 28, covering July-December 1856.
• 1857: HathiTrust has volume 29, covering January-June 1857.
• 1857: HathiTrust has volume 30, covering July-December 1857.
• 1858: HathiTrust has volume 31, covering January-June 1858.
• 1858: HathiTrust has volume 32, covering July-December 1858.
• 1859: HathiTrust has volume 34, covering July-December 1859.
• 1860: HathiTrust has volumes 35 and 36, covering 1860.
• 1861: HathiTrust has volume 37, covering January-June 1861.
• 1861: HathiTrust has volume 38, covering July-December 1861.
• 1862: HathiTrust has volume 39, covering January-June 1862.
• 1862: HathiTrust has volume 40, covering July-December 1862.
• 1863: HathiTrust has volume 41, covering January-June 1863.
• 1863: HathiTrust has volume 42, covering July-December 1863.
• 1864: HathiTrust has volume 43, covering January-June 1864.
• 1864: HathiTrust has volume 44, covering July-December 1864.
• 1865: HathiTrust has volume 45, covering January-June 1865.
• 1865: HathiTrust has volume 46, covering July-December 1865.
• 1866: HathiTrust has volume 47, covering January-June 1866.
• 1866: HathiTrust has volume 48, covering July-December 1866.
• 1867: HathiTrust has volume 49, covering January-June 1867.
• 1867: HathiTrust has volume 50, covering July-December 1867.
• 1868: HathiTrust has volume 51, covering January-June 1868.
• 1868: HathiTrust has volume 52, covering July-December 1868.
• 1869: HathiTrust has volume 53, covering January-June 1869.
• 1869: HathiTrust has volume 54, covering July-December 1869.
• 1870: HathiTrust has volume 56, covering July-December 1870.
• 1871: HathiTrust has volume 57, covering January-June 1871.
• 1871: HathiTrust has volume 58, covering July-December 1871.
• 1872: HathiTrust has volume 59, covering January-June 1872.
• 1872: HathiTrust has volume 60, covering July-December 1872.
• 1873: HathiTrust has volume 61, covering January-June 1872.
• 1873: HathiTrust has volume 62, covering July-December 1873.
• 1874: HathiTrust has volume 63, covering January-June 1874.
• 1876: HathiTrust has volume 66, covering January-June 1876.
• 1877: HathiTrust has volume 68, covering January-June 1877.
• 1877: HathiTrust has volume 69, covering July-December 1877.
• 1878: Issuu has number 1831, dated March 30, 1878.
• 1878: HathiTrust has volume 72, covering July-December 1878.
• 1879: HathiTrust has volume 74, covering July-December 1879.
• 1881: HathiTrust has volume 78, covering July-December 1881.
• 1884: HathiTrust has volume 83, covering January-June 1884.
• 1884: HathiTrust has volume 84, covering July-December 1884.
• 1886: HathiTrust has volume 88, covering July-December 1886.
• 1903: HathiTrust has volume 122, covering August-December 1903. (Poor scan with only fragments of some pages.) May not be accessible from outside the United States.
• 1907: HathiTrust has volume 129, covering January-June 1907. Imperfect scan but mostly readable. May not be accessible from outside the United States.
• 1907: Manioc has number 3358, dated July 6, 1907.

Official Site / Current Material

• An offical Illustration site has information about the publication, and gives access to selected back issues, mostly by subscription but with some free samples.

Related Resources

• We also list some issues of La Petite Illustration, a supplement to this periodical.

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