A superb double-page panoramic view of the city of Rome depicted at the height of the Renaissance and the Vatican’s influence on the world. Much of the cities imperial Roman past can still be seen in the architecture. On the verso is a smaller view of Genoa. The print comes from Hartmann Schedel’s ‘Nuremberg Chronicle’ published in Nuremberg in 1493. The text is a year-by-year account of notable events in world history from the creation down to the year of publication, with special emphasis on ominous and portentous events including the invention of printing. This woodcut along with the nearly 1800 others are the work of Michael Wohlgemut (1434–1519) and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1460–1494). Wohlgemut is best known to have been the early tutor to Albrecht Durer who was in his workshop at the time of this works production and is generally believed to have contributed to it. At the time it was the most profusely illustrated book ever published. Campbell (1987a) p. 152; Fauser 11895; Imago Civitatis S. 52/3; Manasek (1998) no.5; Moreland & Bannister (1983) pp. 22-24; Nordenskiöld (1889) p. 40; Sassoli (2000) 5.