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.
The first collection of sonnets published in France appeared in 1549, titled "L'Olive," by Joachim du Bellay.  In its initial release, it contained fifty sonnets, but the following year, Bellay added more poems and increased the total number to one hundred fifteen. The sonnets reference Petrarch fourteen times.