Aspects de la diffusion éditoriale de l’Histoire et des Muses de la Nouvelle France de Marc Lescarbot

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The life and career of Marc Lescarbot (1570-1641), born in Vervins, have been extensively studied. They have been examined in monographs as well as critical editions of his books, and they shed light on the nature of his literary project. Particularly, they illuminate the reasons that led him to publish several books on history, on his travels in Acadia, as well as political pamphlets, French translations of religious matters, and books of poems about Canada and Switzerland. Altogether, his published works display his extensive engagement in public life. His most famous books are the Histoire de la Nouvelle France, completed with the poems of Les Muses de la Nouvelle France, that were published together in Paris in three editions (1609, 1611-1612, and 1617-1618). This article presents and examines several manuscript and published documents related to Marc Lescarbot’s career and provides a detailed description and a historical study of the publication of his early editions of the Histoire and Muses de la Nouvelle France. An inventory of known copies of their three original and augmented editions (1609, 1611-1612 and 1617-1618) is also provided.