Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). (The Bear frightened.) Before his den confronted with a snake dating its tongue. Etching + engraving. (1738.) Inscribed in the plate: J. E. R. fec. / N. 42., otherwise in German as before. 18.6 x 14.6 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 432. – Plate 42 (in later edition 71) of the set Design of Several Animals (“These plates are much wanted”, Th. 1856). – Wide-margined impression of the 1st edition.
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