François-Marc Gagnon (1935-2019) was founding director and distinguished research fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art and a member of the Order of Canada. Nancy Senior is professor emerita in the Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Saskatchewan. Réal Ouellet is associate professor in the Département des littératures at the Université Laval.

"The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas is a treasure trove for a host of readers with wide-ranging interests in the history, culture, and natural history of Canada, or in the makeup of the scientific field in France at the time. The lively style for which François-Marc Gagnon is well known to French readers as well as the volume's mature and insightful scholarship make this a captivating, rich, and profoundly knowledgeable text." Laurier Lacroix, département d'histoire de l'art, Université du Québec à Montréal "One of Canada's 'fundamental documents' - a 335-year-old, lavishly illustrated manuscript describing the First Nations, wildlife and geography of the country at the dawn of European settlement." Randy Boswell, The Montreal Gazette "As a physical object, it is one of beauty... As an act of sustained editorial ingenuity... it is impeccable... As a work of interdisciplinary research, it is simply outstanding... [This work] can scarcely be praised too highly." Sir John A. Macdonald Prize Jury

François-Marc Gagnon (1935-2019) was founding director and distinguished research fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art and a member of the Order of Canada. Nancy Senior is professor emerita in the Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Saskatchewan. Réal Ouellet is associate professor in the Département des littératures at the Université Laval.

"The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas is a treasure trove for a host of readers with wide-ranging interests in the history, culture, and natural history of Canada, or in the makeup of the scientific field in France at the time. The lively style for which François-Marc Gagnon is well known to French readers as well as the volume's mature and insightful scholarship make this a captivating, rich, and profoundly knowledgeable text." Laurier Lacroix, département d'histoire de l'art, Université du Québec à Montréal "One of Canada's 'fundamental documents' - a 335-year-old, lavishly illustrated manuscript describing the First Nations, wildlife and geography of the country at the dawn of European settlement." Randy Boswell, The Montreal Gazette "As a physical object, it is one of beauty... As an act of sustained editorial ingenuity... it is impeccable... As a work of interdisciplinary research, it is simply outstanding... [This work] can scarcely be praised too highly." Sir John A. Macdonald Prize Jury

François-Marc Gagnon (1935-2019) was founding director and distinguished research fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art and a member of the Order of Canada. Nancy Senior is professor emerita in the Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Saskatchewan. Réal Ouellet is associate professor in the Département des littératures at the Université Laval.

"The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas is a treasure trove for a host of readers with wide-ranging interests in the history, culture, and natural history of Canada, or in the makeup of the scientific field in France at the time. The lively style for which François-Marc Gagnon is well known to French readers as well as the volume's mature and insightful scholarship make this a captivating, rich, and profoundly knowledgeable text." Laurier Lacroix, département d'histoire de l'art, Université du Québec à Montréal "One of Canada's 'fundamental documents' - a 335-year-old, lavishly illustrated manuscript describing the First Nations, wildlife and geography of the country at the dawn of European settlement." Randy Boswell, The Montreal Gazette "As a physical object, it is one of beauty... As an act of sustained editorial ingenuity... it is impeccable... As a work of interdisciplinary research, it is simply outstanding... [This work] can scarcely be praised too highly." Sir John A. Macdonald Prize Jury