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Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Dains blanc et la Biche ont ordinairement deux petis, deviennent grands â l’age de 4. et 5. ans. White Fallow Deer and the Hind; they usually have two Young Ones, reach their strength in the 4th and 5th Year. Setting in high flight over a fence hardened by broken trees. Etching with engraving. (1736.) Inscribed: 18. / Cum Priv. Sac. Cæs. Majest. / I. El. Ridinger inv. pinx. Sculps. et excud. Aug. Vindel., otherwise as above in German, French, Latin, & below. 13⅝ × 16½ in (34.5 × 41.8 cm).
Thienemann + Schwarz 213; Helbing XXXIV (1900), 440 (“Of outstanding beauty with full margin”). – Sheet 18 of the Contemplation of the Wild Animals with the caption of the Hamburg pope of poets, jurist & senator, yet foremost friend of Ridinger’s, Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680-1747), in German. – Margins 3-5 cm wide. – The utterly smoothed centerfold reinforced on the back. – Of marvelous-shining quality & therefore rarity.
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– – – The same. Margins above & below 2.6-3.3, laterally 4 cm wide. – Narrow trace of glue in the white margin close to the lower left corner. – Of likewise shining-marvelous quality and therefore rarity.
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Jan Hendrik Niemeyer
Ridinger Experiences
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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 …
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