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SÉNECA (Lucio Anneo). ESPEIO de Bienechores y Agradecidos: que contiene los Siete Libros de Beneficios de Lucio Anço Seneca, insigne Filosofo moral. Barcelona. 1606. - SÉNECA (Lucio Anneo) ESPEIO de Bienechores y Agradecidos: que contiene los Siete Libros de Beneficios de Lucio Anço Seneca, insigne Filosofo moral . Agora de nuevo traduzidos de Latin en Castellano por Fray Gaspar Ruyz Montiano, de la Orden de San Benito. Dirigido a Don Ivan de Mendoza, Duque del Infantado. Barcelona: Sebastian de Cormellas al Call, 1606. [30], 480 pp.; 210 mm. First and only edition of this Castilian translation of Seneca's ”De Beneficiis, ” the most extensive of the author's philosophical works. The translation is by Fray Gaspar Ruiz de Montiano (Valladolid, 16th century - Huete, 1639), a professed Benedictine monk at the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, a renowned mathematician and organist. The volume includes, in addition to the annotated translation of the seven books, newly invented tables for use by preachers, courtiers, and writers. The work was dedicated to Don Juan de Mendoza, Duke of Infantado. Ruiz de Montiano's translation is the first complete Castilian version of ”De Beneficiis”—a philosophical-moral treatise on the nature and reciprocity of human benefits, one of Seneca's most influential works in Iberian Renaissance and Baroque moral thought. Pedro Fernández Navarrete published a second translation in Madrid in 1629. Sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate ¶ Palau, 308117