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Rhino and elephant fight 1725

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Balthasar Sigmund Setlezky (1695-1771). Coloured etching of a fight between rhinoceros and elephant. Signed lower left: B.S. Setlezky sc. – lower right: M. Engelbrechts exc. A.V. – middle: No. 84. Cum Priv. Sac.Caes.Maj.
The verse below the print of four lines both in German and Latin. First line: Der Grösse gleicht der Grim des wilden Elephanten. – Latin: Est furor exterrens Elephanti in corpore vasto

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