Name: Antique Print-ANIMALS-BISON-GOATS-ANTELOPES-IBEX-SHEEP-BOAR-Riedel-1780
SKU: RB-2088
Price: 110.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Antique Print-ANIMALS-BISON-GOATS-ANTELOPES-IBEX-SHEEP-BOAR-Riedel-1780

€110.00

‘”TABULAE X REGNI ANIMALIS CLASSIS I ORT II.(…). SAME TEKST IN GERMAN.’

– This print shows a view on a various ungulates (especially ruminants and hollow-horned animals), arranged in a grid with detailed illustrations and bilingual captions (Latin and German). Various animal species such as the bison (Bos Taurus urus), cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes and ibex (Capra Ibex). Scientific illustration from the early modern period, which attempted to map the animal kingdom in a categorized way.

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SKU: RB-2088 Category: Mammals Tag: Animals

Description

This print shows a view on a various ungulates (especially ruminants and hollow-horned animals), arranged in a grid with detailed illustrations and bilingual captions (Latin and German). Various animal species such as the bison (Bos Taurus urus), cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes and ibex (Capra Ibex). Scientific illustration from the early modern period, which attempted to map the animal kingdom in a categorized way.

Made by Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel after own design.

Medium: Etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 31.3 x 46.8 cm (12.32 x 18.43 inch). Image size: 26.5 x 43 cm. (10.43 x 16.93 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Smudges. Remains of paper tape on reverse. Stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANIMALS-UNGULATES-RUMINANTS-BISON-GOATS-ANTELOPES-IBEX-SHEEP-BOAR | RBOS-T.45-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published as plate 10 from: Herz von Herzberg, Johann Daniel (ed.) “Tabulae regni animalis. Tables of the animal kingdom.” Imperial-Privileged Franciscan Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and Sciences Augsburg 1780-1786 .

Biography artist: Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel (1724 in Dresden – 1784 in Augsburg), Germany.