Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Tiger Playing with the Prey. Leopards (sic!) in a cave, playing catlike with the dead cock. Etching + engraving. (1738.) Inscribed: J. E. Ridinger inv. fec. et exc. A.V. / N. 33., title in German as above. 18.6 x 14.7 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 423; Catalog Darmstadt III.3 with ills. – Sheet 33 from Design of Several Animals ( “These plates are much wanted”, Th. 1856 ). – Marvelous wide-margined impression of the 1^st edition.
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