, librarian of the house of the oratory in the rue St. Honore, Paris, was
, librarian of the house
of the oratory in the rue St. Honore, Paris, was born in
1677, and appears to have devoted much of his time to
literary history, and became the friend and correspondent
of most of the eminent scholars of France, by whom he
was admired not more for his extensive knowledge than
his amiable manners. He died at Paris April 26, 1760.
His principal work is a continuation of Sallengre’s “Memoires de litterature,
” Recueil de pieces d'histoire et de litterature,
” Paris,
De Tabernaculo foederis,
” Paris, folio, and of other
works.