Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The Pleasure of Hunting. Planning, departure, refreshment, and rest of huntsmen + pack(s). Fours stations with 6 lines subtext each on 2 sheets. Etching + engraving by Martin Elias Ridinger (1730 Augsburg 1780). Inscribed: XVI. and XVII. resp. / Ioh. El. Ridinger, inv. et del. / Mart. El. Ridinger, sculps. A. V. 31.8-32 x 21.4-21.6 cm.
Provenance: Radulf Count zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1922-2004).
Thienemann + Schwarz 359/360; Silesian Ridinger collection at Boerner XXXIX, 1875/76 ( “Extremely rare”, 1885! ); Reich auf Biehla Collection 103/04 ( “Extremely rare”, 1894! ). – Sheets XVI + XVII of the 46-sheet set “To the Special Events and Incidents at the Hunt” (“The rarest set of Ridinger’s sporting line engravings”, Schwerdt) etched exclusively by Martin Elias after predominantly fatherly designs and concluded posthumously in 1779.
Warm-toned impressions of the first edition with the Roman number (“If they are missing, so this points to later impressions”, Thienemann). – On heavy laid paper with typographic watermark and sheet sizes of 51 x 33.8 (XVI; at top still the two original little hang-up holes, three most little tears in the extremely wide lower margin acid-freely backed) and 43.7 x 31.5 cm (XVII; untrimmed on the left side, weak little water streak in the left corner of the upper margin) resp., the varyingly wide margins optically well proportioned round about.
Offer no. 14,956 / price on request