''Antoine-Gaspard Boucher d'Argis'' (3 April 1708 in
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
– 25 January 1791 in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
) was a French lawyer.
Advisor to the Supreme Council of
Dombes
The Dombes (; ) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the provinces of France, province of Burgundy (region), Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of France, department of Ain, and b ...
in 1753 then at the
Châtelet in Paris Boucher d'Argis wrote a number of
legal treatises
A legal treatise is a scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as criminal law or trusts and estates. There is no fixed usage on what books qualify as a "legal treatise", with the term being used broad ...
and published the ''Règles pour former un avocat'' (Rules of form of a lawyer) of Pierre Biarnoy de
Merville in a "re-touched" edition with the ''Histoire abrégée de l'ordre des avocats''.
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).
[(Paris, P. Émery, et Saugrain, 1742, LXXXVIII-544 p. ; 3e éd., Paris, Knapen, et Prault, 1752–1753, 2 vol. in-12; 3e éd., Paris, Prault père, et Dripelly, 1756, 2 vol. in-12; 4e éd., Paris, Babuty, Saugrain, et Ve Savoye, 1769, 2 vol. in-12; 5e éd., Paris, chez les libraires associés, 1783, in-4°, CXX-544 p.) d'après Florian Reynaud, ''Les bêtes à cornes dans la littérature agronomique de 1700 à 1850'', Caen, thèse de doctorat en histoire, 2009, annexe 2 (18.1. 1718)] Beginning in 1749 he also offered new editions of ''Dictionnaire de droit et de pratique'' by
Claude de Ferrière Claude may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English Arsenal supporter
* Claude Debussy (1862–1918), ...
(1639–1715). He also provided more than 4,000 articles on the law for the
Encyclopédie
, better known as ''Encyclopédie'' (), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis ...
Vols. III through XVII including the article on
sodomy
Sodomy (), also called buggery in British English, principally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any Human sexual activity, sexual activity between a human and another animal (Zoophilia, bestiality). I ...
.
His son was
André-Jean Boucher d'Argis.
Publications
* ''Traité des gains nuptiaux et de survie, qui sont en usage dans les païs de droit écrit, tant du ressort du parlement de Paris, que des autres parlemens'', Lyon : chez Duplain Père & Fils, 173
Text online* ''Traité de la cruë des meubles au-dessus de leur prisée, dans lequel on explique son origine, & celle du parisis des meubles; les pays où la crûe a lieu; leur différens usages sur la quotité; quels meubles y sont sujets; quelles personnes en doivent tenir compte; & plusieurs autres questions qui naissent de cette matière'', Paris, Brunet fils, 1741 Text online & Paris, Saugrain, 1768. In-12
* ''Code rural, ou Maximes et réglemens concernant les biens de campagne, la chasse, la pêche, les baux, les troupeaux et bestiaux…'', Paris, Prault père, 1749 et 1762, 2 vol. in-12; 1774, 3 vol. in-12, XLI-387, 392 et 459 p. Tome I en ligne – Tome II online – Tome III en ligne; éd. en 1794, 3 vol. in-12
* ''Principes sur la nullité du mariage, pour cause d'impuissance'',
ondon 175
Text online
References
External links
Antoine-Gaspard Boucher d'Argison
Data.bnf.fr
Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)
Lawyers from Lyon
1708 births
1791 deaths
18th-century French lawyers
18th-century French male writers
{{france-law-bio-stub