Ridinger – Ceskoslovensko – Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm) 1698 – (Augsburg) 1767 – 2.40 Kčs. Postage-stamp in color as upper right plate block of four (with selvage) showing the title sheet of the master’s majestic 18-sheet set New Riding School (Th. & Schwarz 628-645), also referred to as Large or Viennese School, of 1734 within the five-sheet set “Horses”. Ed. by the Czechoslovakian postal authorities. April 21/24, 1969. Steel engraving by Bedřich Housa (Prague 1926 – 2020) together with autotype rotogravure. 4¾ × 3⅜ in (12 × 8.5 cm). – Mint.
The highest value of the set and the one and only in color, too! The other four motifs – each as plate block of four as above – in the sequence of their values as following: Hendrik Goltzius (Millebrecht/Venlo 1558 – Haarlem 1617, Eqvvs liber et incopositvs, -.30 Kčs.) – Matthäus Merian (Basel 1593 – Schwalbach 1650, Le Bonite, -.80) – Vaclav Hollar (Prague 1607 – London 1677, Don Goncalo Fernandes de Cordva, 1.60) – Albrecht Dürer (1471 Nuremberg 1528, The Large Horse, 1.80).
See Niemeyer, Ridinger Erlebnisse 1698-2020, 2021, p. 237 with color ill.
Offer no. 13,370 | sold
– – The same, but each of the five values as single copy of à 2⅛ × 1¼ in (5.4 × 3.3 cm).
Offer no. 13,371 | price on application
just published
Jan Hendrik Niemeyer
Ridinger Experiences
Life · Work · Posthumous Fame in Dates & Annotations
The Great Fact, Reading and Picture Book
In German. 2021. 29.7 × 21 cm. 340 pages. With 339 (180 color, 6 double/full-page each) illustrations. Laminated orig. boards in thread stitching. Photo brilliant print on 200 g paper. – Text in red & black. More …
1959 · decades-long ridinger expertise · 2022