Jean Royer de Prade

Jean Royer de Prade (born 1624) was a French man of letters, known particularly as a historian, and for his Discours du tabac. He also wrote dramas. He was a good friend of Cyrano de Bergerac.

Works

 * 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)