Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The Four Seasons of the Hounds. Set of 4 sheet in etching with engraving. Supposedly early 1740s. Inscribed: avec privil. de Sa Maj. Imp. / J. E. Ridinger inv. peint grave(è) et excud à(a) augs(Augs)., otherwise with sheet title + quatrain in German-French parallel text. 46.5-46.8 x 34.8 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 105-108; Schwerdt III, 136. – Coppenrath (1889/90) had the spring sheet only. – Very fine , wide-margined impressions on laid paper .
Offer no. 28,843 / sold
“ The care of the hounds let be highly recommended to you … ”
So Ridinger’s recommendation with the
“ Fair Game hounded by the Different Kinds of Hounds ”,
Th. 139-160, presently available here in a grangerized and also otherwise
“ I am curious as to the history of this (original Ridinger printing-)plate (just I bought) and the others you have offered. Did you purchase them from the Ridinger estate (indirectly, indeed) or a private collector? These are truly rare one of a kind pieces ”
(Mr. L. A. F., October 28, 2003)