Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). (The Otter have 3-4 Young Ones; get the ability to breed in the next year; growing up larger and larger.) The two old and three young ones instructively engaged by a grotto and a waterfall. Etching + engraving. (1736.) Inscribed in the plate: Cum Priv. Sac. Caes. Majest. / I. El. Ridinger invent. delin. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vindel., otherwise in German/French/Latin as before. 34.7 x 42.5 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 223. – Sheet 28 of the “View of the Wild Animals along with the Excellent Poetry of the Most Famous Mr. Barthold Heinrich Brockes” as rich subtext in German. – The beautiful sheet in a very fine, warm-toned impression with fine little margins all around. – Quite weak brown spot in the outermost corner of the white margin below right.
Offer no. 28,230 / EUR  757. / export price EUR  719. (c. US$ 1005.) + shipping