<p>Cologne on the Rhine in 1530
</p><p>From the caption:
</p><p>COLOGNE ON THE RHINE IN 1530
</p><p>(After the woodcut of Anton Woensam of Worms.)
</p><p><small>The original, executed for the house of Peter Quentels, the first impressions of which were presented on Jan. 5, 1531, to Emperor Charles V. and his brother Ferdinand, recently chosen king of Rome, is composed of nine large folio sheets, three of which on a scale of two-fifths are here reproduced.</small>
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Helmolt reports that this is more accurate than most other pictures of Cologne from this era.
After the woodcut of Anton Woensam of Worms
H.F. Helmolt, <i>History of the World</i>, Volume VII, Dodd Mead 1902. Plate between pages 232 and 233.