, a learned doctor and librarian of the house and society of the
, a learned doctor and librarian of
the house and society of the Sorbonne, was born of an
opulent family at Paris, in 1677. He was well acquainted
with the learned languages, particularly Hebrew, possessed
great literary knowledge, and discovered much affection
for young persons who were fond of study, encouraging
them by his example and advice, and taking pleasure in
lending them his books. He died suddenly at his country
house, at Chaillot, near Paris, Sept. 9, 1736, aged fiftynine. He published a very useful work illustrative of a
part of ecclesiastical history, entitled “Traite de Petude
des Conciles,
” with an account of the principal authors and
works, best editions, &c. upon the subject of councils,
Paris, 1724, 4to. This has been translated into German,
and printed at Leipsic, in 1729. He intended also to have
given a supplement to “Father Labbe’s Collection of Councils,
” and an “Index Sorbonicus,
” or alphabetical library,
in which was to be given, under the names of the respective
authors, their acts, lives, chronicles, histories, books, treatises, bulls, &c. but did not live to complete either.