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263 - RIDINGER (Johann Elias). Lehrreiche Fabeln.
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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RIDINGER (Johann Elias). Lehrreiche Fabeln. Augsburg, Johann Elias Ridinger, 1744. In-folio (440x300mm), half red morocco with corners, 6-ribbed spine, gilt small-iron decorated boxes, vat endpapers (19th century binding). 2ff. - 14ff. text - 47 plates - 2ff. Binding faded, jaws split at head and foot, epidermis, head cap missing, freckles, spotting. An anonymous collection of 16 instructive fables from the animal kingdom, printed in trilingual Latin/French/German; the German version in Gothic script, the French in italics and the Latin in regular script. There is a captioned copperplate engraving for each one, bound at the end of the collection. This copy has been supplemented with 31 additional plates depicting deer, hinds, a pelican, a hare, etc., obviously from different series, the typography varying (some are captioned, others not, some in different ways). These added engravings are all cut and pasted on large laid paper. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) was one of the great animal artists of the 18th century, considered to be the German Oudry. He was responsible for numerous hunting and riding scenes, illustrations for fables and compositions for ceramics. Prestigious provenance; James de Rotschild (1792-1868) was a German banker, founder of the Paris branch of the Rothschild family and an important bibliophile. He inspired three great French writers: François Leuwen, the father of Stendhal's hero in Lucien Leuwen, Baron de Nucingen in Balzac's Comédie humaine, and the banker Gundermann in Zola's L'Argent. It is said that under the July monarchy, he was, along with the King, the richest man in France. Provenance : - Baron James de Rotschild (bookplate)
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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