Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). A Lynx captured by the so-called Berlin Iron on a clearing. Etching + engraving. (1750.) Inscribed: Joh. El. Ridinger inv. del. sc. et excud. Aug. Vind., otherwise in German as before. 25.2 x 36.5 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 81; Schwerdt III, 135, 13 (“A rare set, of importance to those who are interested in the various methods of trapping wild animals”). – Leaf 13 of the 30-sheet set “Ways to catch the Wild Animals”, regarded by Halle in Munich in 1928 as the “Rarest of all hunting sets by Ridinger” (LXVIII/323). – Instructive subtext. – The white margin quite minimally to slightly foxstippled, only the right corner below a little more.
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