Bird's-eye view of the city on the head of an apprenticeship certificate of the journeyman baker Ulrich Grüger, issued on January 20, 1804. Copper engraving by Joh. Mayr in Regensburg 1783, ca. 9 x 28, sheet size 37 x 42cm. Stop D 397.1 - The text with handwritten entries, the signatures of the masters and a paper seal. Antique rocaille frame with the coat of arms of the Free Imperial City of Regensburg. Old folds. D

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