Wild cat (Catus silvestris) with their young in the forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 27.4 x 40.4 cm

Die wilde Kaz oder Kuder. Chat Sauvage. Catus silvestris. Cum priv. sac. caes. majest. I. El. Ridinger inv. pinx. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind. The lettering continues in German, French and Latin and ends in fourteen lines of poetry in German on the nature of the wild cat an the usefulness of its fur Bears number top right : 24 Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 219

Wellcome Collection 39324i