of men of letters who edited the Journal des sçavans, which position he took again in 1724, with the Abbé Pierre Desfontaines. References External links WorldCat Biography – Bibliothèque nationale de France 1662 births 1743 deaths Clergy from Paris Writers from Paris 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers French librarians 17th-century French Roman Catholic priests 18th-century French Roman Catholic priests French Oratory Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the French Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society