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Adam overlooks the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
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Adam overlooks the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Johann Elias Ridinger

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Lettering: Posuit hominem deus in paradiso sicut solem in coelo, expectantem regnum coelorum, quemadmodum creatrua expectat revelationem filiorum dei. Ambrosius de parad. c. 1. Und Gott der Herr pflanzte einen Garten in Eden, gegen dem morgen, und setzete den Menschen darein, den Er gemachet hatte. Gen. 2.8. Joh. Elias Ridinger inv. fec. et excud. A.V.

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