Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). A Couple of Badgers in their Earth. There are two in the hollow. Sleeping the one, growling the other. Etching + engraving. (1740.) Inscribed in the plate: J. E. Ridinger inv. fec. et exc. A. V. / N. 78., otherwise in German as before. 18.5 x 15 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 468. – Plate 78 of the instructive set Design of Several Animals (“These plates are much wanted”, Th. 1856). – Wonderful wide-margined impression of the 1^st edition.
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