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Publication of the Collection

Name: Publication of the Collection
Start: 1697-01-11
Location: Paris

When: 11 January 1697
Where: Paris
Part of: Publication of Histoires ou contes du temps passé by Charles Perrault

Claude Barbin published the eight-story collection in Paris on 11 January 1697.

The volume titled Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, avec des Moralitez was released in Paris. It included stories such as Cinderella, Bluebeard, and Puss in Boots. Two reprints followed in the same year, establishing the work's popularity.

Sources

Histoires ou contes du temps passé Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-22

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