Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Lying Lynx getting Wind. Surely the red lynx lying excitedly on a rock sensing danger. Etching + engraving. (1740.) Inscribed: J. E. R. inv. fec. et exc. / N. 66., otherwise in German as before. 18.6 x 14.7 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 456. – Sheet 66 of the set Design of Several Animals (“These plates are much wanted”, Th. 1856). – Wide-margined impression of the 1^st edition.
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