Agra India city hand colored birds-eye view print 1683 Mallet charming color

Agra (India- Mogol Empire).

Issued 1683, Paris, for A.M. Mallet. 

Charming 17th century copper engraved birds eye view with lovely hand color.

Soldiers approach the city in the distance, shown in birds-eye view. Spires and buildings sit behind fortified walls, lush country side

The image has a near folk-art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this reason.

Mostly clean and well preserved example, the image displays a fine patina.

Sheet measures c. 8 1/4” H x 5 1/2”W.

Printed area measures c. 5 1/2" H x 3 3/4" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 3, pp. 196.

B15456