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When did Jean de La Fontaine publish his first Contes et nouvelles en vers?
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Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine, oil painting by François De Troy; in the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva
Jean de La Fontaine published the first of his Contes et nouvelles en vers in 1664.1