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Adam names the animals in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
- Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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Credit: Adam names the animals in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
A[ugusta] V[indelicorum] [Augsburg] : J. E. Ridinger.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with line engraving ; platemark 39.5 x 54.3 cm
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Lettering
Adducta sunt omnia ad Adam, ut in omnibus videret, ex utroque sexu substantiam constare naturae, id est, ex masculo et foemina, et ipse usu exemploque cognosceret, necessarium sibi consortium mulieris adjectum. Ambr. de par. c. 2 ...
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Lettering continues: "Den als Gott der Herr gemachet hatte von der Erde allerley Thier auf dem Felde, und allerley Vögel unter dem Himēl, brachte Er sie zu dem Menschen, das Er sähe, wie er sie nenēte, den wie der Mensch allerley lebendige Thiere nenēn, so solten sie heissen. Gen 2. 19.20. [Repeated in French], Joh. Elias Ridinger inv. del. fec. et excud. A.V. Sihe Brockes gedichte 7.ten theil pag. 720
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Wellcome Library no. 20715i
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- Latin
- German
- French
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