Jean Le Royer de Prade
Illustration — Jean Royer de Prade Jean Royer de Prade (born c. 1624) was a French man of letters, known particularly as a historian, and for his Discours du tabac. He also wrote dramas.
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Jean Le Royer de Prade
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- Born
- 1624.
- Died
- 1680.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- historian, playwright, poet, heraldist, genealogist and writer.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Jean Royer de Prade Jean Royer de Prade (born c. 1624) was a French man of letters, known particularly as a historian, and for his Discours du tabac. He also wrote dramas.
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He was a good friend of Cyrano de Bergerac.
• Annibal (1649), drama • La victime d'estat ou La mort de Plautius Silvanus préteur romain (1649), tragedy • Arsace, Roy de Parthes (1666), tragedy • Discours du tabac, ou il est traité particulièrement du tabac en poudre (1671), under the pseudonym Edme Baillard • Histoire d'Allemagne (1677)
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