▁d ail ies . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁during ▁the ▁Bou lang iste ▁crisis , ▁its ▁circul ation ▁first ▁reached ▁one ▁million ▁copies . ▁Five ▁years ▁later , ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁circul ation ▁of ▁two ▁million ▁copies , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁Journal ▁appeared ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁with ▁a ▁printing ▁of ▁ 8 3 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁Its ▁founder , ▁M illa ud , ▁was ▁originally ▁from ▁Bor de aux ▁and ▁had ▁begun ▁as ▁a ▁publish er ▁of ▁financial ▁and ▁legal ▁news let ters . ▁For ▁a ▁few ▁years , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁owner ▁of ▁La ▁Pres se , ▁an ▁early ▁pen ny ▁paper . ▁The ▁first ▁printing ▁ran ▁to ▁ 8 3 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ; ▁a ▁large ▁printing ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁serious ▁newsp apers . ▁For ▁example , ▁Le ▁Si è cle ▁typically ▁had ▁a ▁press ▁run ▁of ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁ ▁Within ▁two ▁years ▁the ▁Journal ▁was ▁printing ▁ 2 5 9 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁largest ▁daily ▁in ▁Paris . ▁By ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁it ▁had ▁reached ▁ 3 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ; ▁twice ▁the ▁figure ▁for ▁the ▁other ▁major ▁d ail ies ▁put ▁together . ▁Much ▁of ▁this ▁progress ▁was ▁made ▁possible ▁by ▁the ▁rot ary ▁press es