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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Battle of Pharsalus

In C. Julii Caesaris quae extant, London: Jacob (I) Tonson (publisher), [by mid-March] 1712 (Warsaw, BUW, St.Dr.), no 66

no 66 (101 of 135 in-Urus figures)
no 65
p. 356
Details
  • printing: impression
  • engraving
  • etching
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Jacobus Baptist (printmaker), Battle of Pharsalus (state I/II) (Tonson)
Actors
  • Jacobus Baptist (ca 1665 - buried 20 May 1704) printmaker
Places
  • London production place : [by mid-March] 1712
Design

Jacobus Baptist (printmaker), Battle of Pharsalus (state I/II) (Tonson) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Battle of Pharsalus (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
  • ⇤ Andrea Palladio (printmaker), Battle of Pharsalus (Franceschi) Part of Set of Palladio's illustrations for Caesar's Gallic War (Franceschi; Toglietti; Misserini) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Battle of Pharsalus (9 August 48 BC)
Narrative

Battle of Pharsalus (De bello civili, III, 88-99)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions
Matrix inscriptions
  • No 66
  • J: Baptist Sculp
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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-13 08:59)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-13 08:59)

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