[1] Firstly trader haberdasher,[1] he founded his bookshop on Place Rihour (fr), Lille, between 1728 and 1733.

On 12 February 1730, he married Marie-Marguerite Gandouin, the daughter of Pierre Gandouin (1672-1743), a Parisian scholar and bookseller whose bookshop was located at Quai des Grands-Augustins (fr) in Paris and named A la belle image.

André-Joseph published several well-known works: in 1746 the periodical L'abeille flamande (a Flemish historical review stopped after 10 issues), in 1745 La bataille de Fontenoy (Battle of Fontenoy), in 1759 L'heureux citoyen, discours à M. J.J.

He was Jansenist, opposed to the absolutism of royal power and admired Voltaire[4] with whom he corresponded for a time.

In 1759, she was prosecuted for publishing Voltaire Précis de l'Ecclésiaste en vers[6] and her son Charles-Joseph Panckoucke was imprisoned for 6 months.