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Battle of Thapsus (Battle with the Elephants)

In Gaius Iulius Caesar, The commentaries of Caesar, William Duncan (translator), London: Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson (printer), 1753, No 76

No 76 (76 of 86 in-Urus figures)
No 75
No 77
Details
  • printing: impression
  • etching
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Battle of Thapsus (state II/II) (Tonson)
Actors
  • Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson printer : 1753
Places
  • London production place : 1753
Design

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

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Battle of Thapsus (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
  • ⇤ Cornelis Cort (printmaker), Antonio Lafreri (print publisher), Battle at Zama (Lafreri) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Battle of Thapsus (6 April 46 BC)
  • War elephant
Narrative

Battle of Thapsus (De bello Africano, 79-86)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions
Matrix inscriptions
  • BATTLE WITH THE ELEPHANTS
  • C. Huyberts fec. Aquaforti
  • No 76
  • Page 314
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 (2026-03-03 05:47)

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