The first sonnet sequence to be published in France came in 1549 in the form of Joachim du Bellay's L'Olive. When first published it contained 50 sonnets but the next year Bellay added more poems and raised the total number to 115 - references to Petrarch are made in fourteen of these sonnets.
"L'Olive," a collection of sonnets published in France in 1549 by Joachim du Bellay, marked the beginning of French sonnet literature. The initial edition contained fifty sonnets, but it was later expanded to one hundred fifteen with additional poems and references to Petrarch were included in fourteen of these poems.