4519 - Ridinger, Johann Elias

Ridinger, Johann Elias (1695 Ulm 1767). Paradise, or The Creation and the Fall of the First Human Couple. 11 copperplate engravings. Partially signed on the plates, by J. E. Ridinger in Augsburg, undated (circa 1750). Each approx. 35 x 53 cm.—Under mat. Thienemann 807–816 and 818. — Almost complete set (11 of 12 sheets) of this impressive series featuring rich animal motifs; only the penultimate sheet is missing, and the last 3 sheets are present as later prints.- The first 8 sheets have been washed, mostly trimmed down to the border line and re-mounted; a few small areas in the image and the margins have been professionally restored; on these 8 sheets, the footer text is only fragmentary, in some cases with missing letters, and on one sheet absent entirely; on sheet Thienemann 808, the left corner has been reattached (in a semicircle of approx. 10 cm within the illustration); the last 3 sheets have wide margins, some with small missing areas in the margins; all sheets are partly slightly stained and browned. - Some are strong prints. - Enclosed are 4 modern prints from the 20th century, including the sheet missing from the set above.