[KÖBEL, Jacob]. Glaubliche Offenbarung wie viell fürtreffener Reich und Keyserthumb uff Ertrich gewesen, wo dz Römisch Reich herkomme, auss was ursach es zu den Edleln Teutschen verandert worden sey ... zu eren dem grossmechtigsten Carolo den funfften. Mainz: Peter Jordan for Jacob Köbel, 1532.

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[KÖBEL, Jacob]. Glaubliche Offenbarung wie viell fürtreffener Reich und Keyserthumb uff Ertrich gewesen, wo dz Römisch Reich herkomme, auss was ursach es zu den Edleln Teutschen verandert worden sey ... zu eren dem grossmechtigsten Carolo den funfften. Mainz: Peter Jordan for Jacob Köbel, 1532.

Small 4° (185 x 138mm). Collation: A-F4. Title within historiated architectural woodcut border, 14 woodcut illustrations and 4 woodcut vignettes. (Small tear in title very neatly repaired.) Recent vellum binding.

The unusual woodcut illustrations depict the Emperor, dignitaries and bishops, as well as small woodcut views of Augsburg, Mainz, Oppenheim, Lübeck, Bamberg, Schletzstadt, Hagenau, Ulm, Cologne, Regensburg, Constance and Salzburg. The author was the official town scribe of the city of Oppenheim. Not in BL or Adams.

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