(Michel de), born in 1600, was the son of Claude de Marolles, whom French memoirs make a military hero. Michel, however, was of a different composition. He entered early into the ecclesiastical state, and by the interest of his father obtained two abbeys. He was formed with an extreme ardour for study, which never abated all his life long; for, from 1619 when he published a translation of Lucan, to 1681 the year of his death, he was constantly employed in writing and printing. He attached himself unfortunately to the translating of ancient Latin writers; but, being devoid of all classical taste and spirit, they sunk miserably under his hands, the poets especially. He was certainly, however, a man of great learning, and discovered all his life a love for the arts. He was one of the first who paid any attention to prints; and collected about 100,000, which make at this day one of the ornaments of the French king's cabinet. He composed memoirs of his own life, which were published by the Abbé Goujet, 1755, in 3 vols. They contain, like such sort of things, some interesting facts, but an infinity of minute and infipid nothing.