Isfahan Safavid Empire Iran Persia 1683 Mallet birds-eye city view hand colorHispahan. (Old Prints, 17th Century Prints, Asia, Middle East, Safavid Empire, Iran, Persia, Isfahan, City View). Issued 1683, Paris, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 17th century copper engraved birds eye view with lovely hand color. Title in a banner in the sky across the top, figures in the foreground approaching the distant city. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of