^Some sources indicate
Nogent-le-Roi as birthplace. Moreover, the 1689 birth year is given by the BN-Opale base of the
Bibliothèque nationale de France. However, several authors (Allem, Grente, Vapereau) give the year 1694. The parish registers of Courville-sur-Eure kept at the Departmental Archives of Eure-et-Loir give 2 November 1689 (baptism November 4).
Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876.
Maurice Allem, Anthologie poétique française, XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Garnier Frères, 1919
Cardinal
Georges Grente (dir.), Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XVIIIe siècle, nouvelle édition revue et mise à jour sous la direction de François Moureau, Paris, Fayard, 1995, (p. 999-1000).
^Some sources indicate
Nogent-le-Roi as birthplace. Moreover, the 1689 birth year is given by the BN-Opale base of the
Bibliothèque nationale de France. However, several authors (Allem, Grente, Vapereau) give the year 1694. The parish registers of Courville-sur-Eure kept at the Departmental Archives of Eure-et-Loir give 2 November 1689 (baptism November 4).
Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876.
Maurice Allem, Anthologie poétique française, XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Garnier Frères, 1919
Cardinal
Georges Grente (dir.), Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XVIIIe siècle, nouvelle édition revue et mise à jour sous la direction de François Moureau, Paris, Fayard, 1995, (p. 999-1000).