History of the French periodic press: satirical vignette published at the time of the founding of the periodic Gazette Cre in 1631 with the support of Richelieu by Theophraste Renaudot; in the centre the Gazette personified surrounded by Renaudot writing; the criers of the gazette at the extreme left; the Lie a mask in hand; the Truth sitting on the left of the gazette (Satirical illustration published at the time of creation of Gazette de France; the first weekly magazine published in France. It was founded by Theophraste Renaudot and published its first edition on 30 May 1631) Engraving from ??Le magasin picturesque??1842