![RIDINGER, Johann Elias (1698-1767). Vorstellung und Beschreibung derer Schul und Campagne Pferden nach ihren Lectionen--[Anmerkungen von dem Carousel]. Augsburg: J.E. Ridinger, 1760[-61]. 2 works in one volume, 4° (287 x 222mm). I: etched title in German and French with vignette of a horse and 46 etched plates by and after Ridinger, woodcut head- and tailpieces, text in German and French in 2 columns in gothic and roman types. II: etched plan and 15 etched plates by and after Ridinger, woodcut head- and tailpieces, text in German and French in 2 columns in gothic and roman types (occasional light spotting, title with short marginal tears, neatly reinforced on the verso), contemporary German half roan, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, others decorated with urn tool (extremities lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded, short splits on hinges). Provenance: Adiyola K. Hauptmann (early inscription on title of I) -- Donaueschingen (inkstamps).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/CSK/2005_CSK_05625_0339_000(100228).jpg?w=1)
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RIDINGER, Johann Elias (1698-1767). Vorstellung und Beschreibung derer Schul und Campagne Pferden nach ihren Lectionen--[Anmerkungen von dem Carousel]. Augsburg: J.E. Ridinger, 1760[-61]. 2 works in one volume, 4° (287 x 222mm). I: etched title in German and French with vignette of a horse and 46 etched plates by and after Ridinger, woodcut head- and tailpieces, text in German and French in 2 columns in gothic and roman types. II: etched plan and 15 etched plates by and after Ridinger, woodcut head- and tailpieces, text in German and French in 2 columns in gothic and roman types (occasional light spotting, title with short marginal tears, neatly reinforced on the verso), contemporary German half roan, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, others decorated with urn tool (extremities lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded, short splits on hinges). Provenance: Adiyola K. Hauptmann (early inscription on title of I) -- Donaueschingen (inkstamps).
FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH WORKS. Ridinger was born in Ulm and studied there under Christoph Resch. In c.1716 he went to Augsburg, and, following a three-year residence in Regensburg, studied engraving in Augsburg under Georg Philipp Rugendas, establishing his own art publishing business there in c.1723 to sell his own work. The present works are normally found bound together (as Mennessier de la Lance notes); the first is a series of lessons in equitation and the second a series of cavalry exercises employing the lance, sword, and pistol, performed on a circuit depicted in the plan which prefaces the plates. Huth pp.38 and 39; Mennessier de la Lance II, p. 429; Nissen ZBI 3415 and 3416; Schwerdt III, p. 142.
FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH WORKS. Ridinger was born in Ulm and studied there under Christoph Resch. In c.1716 he went to Augsburg, and, following a three-year residence in Regensburg, studied engraving in Augsburg under Georg Philipp Rugendas, establishing his own art publishing business there in c.1723 to sell his own work. The present works are normally found bound together (as Mennessier de la Lance notes); the first is a series of lessons in equitation and the second a series of cavalry exercises employing the lance, sword, and pistol, performed on a circuit depicted in the plan which prefaces the plates. Huth pp.38 and 39; Mennessier de la Lance II, p. 429; Nissen ZBI 3415 and 3416; Schwerdt III, p. 142.
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