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Fürstenlust… Parfaite & exacte Representation des Divertissemens de Grands Seigneurs où Parfaite Description des Chasses de toutes sortes des Bêtes. Selon les diverses manières des Chasses, de la Nature des Bêtes,… [six parties] inventées et gravées par Jean-Elias Ridinger.

Fürstenlust… Parfaite & exacte Representation des Divertissemens de Grands Seigneurs où Parfaite Description des Chasses de toutes sortes des Bêtes. Selon les diverses manières des Chasses, de la Nature des Bêtes,… [six parties] inventées et gravées par Jean-Elias Ridinger.

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Fürstenlust… Parfaite & exacte Representation des Divertissemens de Grands Seigneurs où Parfaite Description des Chasses de toutes sortes des Bêtes. Selon les diverses manières des Chasses, de la Nature des Bêtes,… [six parties] inventées et gravées par Jean-Elias Ridinger.

by RIDINGER, Johannes-Elias

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Augsbourg, 1729.

Large oblong folio, Jesus paper. Engraved frontispiece with a dedication and 36 engravings lengthwise and widthwise, with explanations in French and German.

- [Bound with] : Ridinger, Johannes-Elias. Contemplatio Ferarum Bestiarum!

Augustae Vind [elicorum], 1736.

Large oblong folio. Engraved title in German and in Latin, 40 copper engravings.

Set of 2 works bound in 1 volume [396 x 475] oblong folio, full marbled calf, decorated ribbed spine, sprinkled edges, few former restorations on the binding. Contemporary binding.

First editions of Ridinger's major work, "Fürstenlust", and "contemplatio Ferrarum Bestiarum".

I - Fürstenlust, 1729.

References: Huzard, II, n° 5279, Jeanson, 1793 ; Thiébaud, 784; Schwerdt, III, P. 134; Thiennemann, 13-48.

First edition, first issue.

" Fine impressions of one of Ridinger's important and highly instructive sets, engraved by himself ".

(Schwerdt, III, 134).

Precious set in the state before numbering, wide-margined, in its contemporary binding.

The title and captions of the 36 engravings appear in French and German.

This set alone, but in a modern binding, was sold for 66 600 F (about 10 000 €) 32 years ago (library Marcel Jeanson, February 1987, Sotheby's Monaco, n° 493)

II- Contemplatio Ferarum Bestiarum! Augustae-Vind, 1736.

Thiébaud, 784.

First edition and first issue.

Engraved title in German and in Latin and 40 copper engravings depicting hunting animals in beautiful landscapes: deer, stags (11 engravings), boars, young boars (4 engravings), fallow deer (2 engravings), wolf, lynx, fox, bear, lion, leopard...

The engraving's captions are in German, French and Latin. The descriptions at the bottom of every engraving are written in verse and in German.

Beautiful wide-margined copy, preserved in its original decorated brown calf binding.


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Augsbourg, 1729.

In-plano oblong, papier Jésus. Titre-frontispice gravé avec dédicace et 36 estampes en hauteur et en largeur, avec explications en français et en allemand.

- [Relié avec] : Ridinger, Johannes-Elias. Contemplatio Ferarum Bestiarum!

Augustae Vind [elicorum], 1736.

Grand in-folio oblong. Titre-frontispice en allemand et en latin et 40 estampes gravées sur cuivre.

Ensemble 2 ouvrages reliés en 1 volume in-folio oblong, plein veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs orné, tranches jaspées, qq. restaurations anciennes à la reliure. Reliure de l'époque.

396 x 475 mm.

Editions originales de " Fürstenlust ", l'œuvre majeure de Ridinger et de " Contemplatio Ferarum Bestiarum ".

I - Fürstenlust, 1729.

Références: Huzard, II, n° 5279, Jeanson, 1793 ; Thiébaud, 784; Schwerdt, III, P. 134; Thiennemann, 13-48.

Edition originale et premier tirage.

" Fine impressions of one of Ridinger's important and highly instructive sets, engraved by himself ".

(Schwerdt, III, 134).

Précieuse suite en état avant les numéros, à grandes marges, en reliure de l'époque.

Titre et légendes des 36 estampes en français et en allemand.

Cette suite seule, mais en reliure moderne, fut vendue 66 600 F (environ 10 000 €) il y a plus de 30 ans (Bibliothèque Marcel Jeanson, février 1987, Sotheby's Monaco, n° 493).

II- Contemplatio Ferarum Bestiarum! Augustae-Vind, 1736.

Thiébaud, 784.

Edition originale et premier tirage.

Titre-frontispice en allemand et en latin et 40 estampes gravées sur cuivre représentant les animaux de vénerie et de chasse dans de beaux paysages : Biche, Cerfs (11 pl.), Sangliers, laie, marcassins (4 pl.), Daims (2 pl.), Chevreuil, Loup, Lynx, Renard, Ours, Lion, Léopard, etc.

Les légendes des planches sont en allemand, en français et en latin. Les descriptions, en vers, qui sont en bas de chaque planche, sont en allemand.

Très bel exemplaire à grandes marges conservé dans sa première reliure de l'époque en veau brun décoré.

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Fürstenlust… Parfaite & exacte Representation des Divertissemens de Grands Seigneurs où Parfaite Description des Chasses de toutes sortes des Bêtes. Selon les diverses manières des Chasses, de la Nature des Bêtes,… [six parties] inventées et gravées par Jean-Elias Ridinger.
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