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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Suevus (A Suevian)

In Gaius Iulius Caesar, The commentaries of Caesar, William Duncan (translator), London: Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson (printer), 1753, No 20

No 20 (20 of 86 in-Urus figures)
No 19
No 21
Details
  • printing: impression
  • etching
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Suevus (state II/II) (Tonson)
Actors
  • Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson printer : 1753
Places
  • London production place : 1753
Design

Cornelis Huyberts (printmaker), Suevus (state I/II) (Tonson) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Map of Germania (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
  • ⇥ Marcomannus and Svevus (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
  • ⇤ Cornelis (II) Visscher (printmaker), Suevus Part of Set for Peplvs, sive Gothorvm, Hervlorvm, Wandalorvm, Gepidarvm, Svevorvm, Marcomannorvm, et Qvadorvm veterum Imagines ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Suevi (Iconclass: 32B2(SUEVI))
Narrative

Caesar's Gallic War (Commentarii de bello Gallico)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

References
Web resources
  • digital copy - microfilm (InternetArchive)
Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-01-05 15:51)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-04-10 18:46)

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