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SENECA (Lucius Annaeus). Des Questions Naturelles. Paris. 1651. - SENECA (Lucius Annaeus) Des Questions Naturelles . De la version de P. Du-Ryer. Paris: Antoine de Sommaville, 1651. 2 v.; [2], 450, [2] pp.; [4], 440 pp.; 135 mm. Original edition of Pierre Du Ryer's translation, published in small format by Antoine de Sommaville, one of the most active Parisian booksellers of the mid-17th century. This version of Natural Questions is part of the vast project of a complete translation of Seneca's works into French, begun by François de Malherbe – who translated On Benefits and part of the Epistles , leaving the task unfinished – and continued by Du Ryer, who is responsible for the translation of the remaining treatises, including On Providence , On the Happy Life , On Anger , On Clemency , On the Constancy of the Wise Man , and these Natural Questions . Du Ryer's translations were published separately, in small format, throughout the 1650s, before being brought together in 1659 in the large folio edition of the Oeuvres de Sénèque , also printed by Sommaville. (Estimated.) ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate