Description:
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.… Read More