 Beginning in 1742 he began to publish new editions of the "Recueil, par ordre alphabétique, des principales questions de droit" (Collection, in alphabetical order, of the principal questions of law) by Barthélemy-Joseph Bretonnier (1656–1727).Beginning in 1749 he also offered new editions of "Dictionnaire de droit et de pratique" by Claude de Ferrière (1639–1715).He also provided more than 4,000 articles on the law for the Encyclopédie Vols.