Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Board Trap for a Fox on the Pit. Etching + engraving. (1750.) Inscribed: Joh. El. Ridinger inv. del. sc. et exc. Aug. Vind., otherwise in German as before. 25 x 35.7 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 86; Schwerdt III, 135, 18 (“A rare set, of importance to those who are interested in the various methods of trapping wild animals”); Ridinger Catalogue Darmstadt, 1999, V.18 with ills. – Sheet 18 of the “Ways to capture the Wild Animals”, regarded by Halle in Munich in 1928 as the “Rarest of all hunting sets by Ridinger” (LXVIII/323). – Instructive 6-line subtext in German. – Warm-toned impression.
Offer no. 28,008 / price on request