Les Muses de la Nouvelle France

Lescarbot, Marc · 1609 · A Paris, Chez Iean Millot, sur les degrez de la grand'salle du Palais. · 4 pictures

Les Muses de la Nouvelle France is a 1609 French book of verse by Marc Lescarbot, printed in Paris by Jean Millot for a French readership interested in New France. Its pictures are small printed decorative initials with foliate and grotesque ornament, plus engraved maps of harbours in Brazil and Acadia, showing how early modern printers framed text and charted coasts with dense hatching and compass roses.

Internet Archive · John Carter Brown Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library