''L'Illustration Européenne'' (; 1870 – 1914) was a Belgian illustrated weekly

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providing general news, serialised fiction, historical anecdotes, short biographies of famous figures, and travel writing. The illustrations (portraits, views, and so forth) that accompanied the stories were the paper's main selling point. The first manager and editor was Théo Spée. In 1885, ''L'Illustration Européenne'' became the first Belgian periodical to print a

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photograph. The owners of the Parisian illustrated weekly ''

L'Illustration ''L'Illustration'' (; 1843–1944) was a French language, French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in ...

'' attempted to sue the owners of ''L'Illustration Européenne'' for unfair competition in having given their publication a misleadingly similar name. They were unsuccessful in the Belgian courts, but in 1888 did get the French courts to ban the sale of the Belgian weekly in France."Droit commercial – concurrence déloyale – journal belge imitant un journal français", ''Bulletin officielle de la propriété industrielle & commerciale'', no. 249 (1 November 1888), p. 540.

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