, great grandson of the former, was born at Dijon in 1710, and educated
, great grandson of the former, was born at Dijon in 1710, and educated to the profession of the law. By distinguishing himself in some great causes, he obtained a pension from the
government. He laboured for several years in the publication of a new edition of Le Long’s “Bibliothe*que Historique de la France,
” and compiled so much matter as to
extend that work from a single volume in folio, to four
vast folios, besides a fifth containing indexes, &c. At
the time of his death, which happened in 1772, he was a
member of the French academy of Belles-lettres, and director of the university of Dijon. He was a man pleasing
in society, and of much zeal, both literary and patriotic.
He lived to see only two volumes of his edition of Le Long
published. The rest were edited by Barbeau de Bruyere.