Author: Seneca 4 B.C. approx-65 A.D. (edited by F. de Malherbe 1555-1628)
Title: SENEQUE, DES BIENFAITS, de la version de Mre Françios de Malherbe, Gentil-homme ordinaire de la Chambre du Roy [with 2nd Work] SENEQUE DES QUESTIONS NATURELLES de la Version P. Du-Ryer.
Description: Rouen & Paris, Antoine de Sommaville 1660, 1659 . Octavo (150x85mm) 17th century full calf, spine on 5 cords decorated gilt All Edges Rouge, 375+[1]pp followed by 2nd Work, [4]+412pp. Ex Libris C. Humbert on pastedown, card with early MS notes inserted & initials on free endpaper, illegible signatures on both titlepages. Text in very good condition, little staining, no noticble worming. *Translation of a 7-book treatise by Seneca, offering stoic analysis of human values, by Francois de Malherbe, a French poet. A native of Caen, the city`s football team bears his namesake.

Keywords: French translation Latin Roman Stoicism


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