A wall <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/maps-&amp;-botanicals?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">map</a> of Iberia by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Nicolas+De+Fer&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicolas De Fer</a>, published soon after the accession of Philippe V to the throne of Spain in 1700.<ul><li>Nicolas De Fer (French).</li><li>Espagne Triomphante sous le Regne de Philippe V.</li><li>Bottom left is a plan of Madrid; bottom right is a view of the Escurial Palace.</li><li>Colored.</li><li>Four sheets conjoined.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> The accession of Philippe V to the throne of Spain gave the French reason to celebrate as Philippe was grandson of the French king Louis XIV (the 'Sun King'), meaning a closer connection between the two thrones. In the huge ornamental border are medallion portraits of Philippe and his wife, Marie Louise of Savoy, and 81 medallion portraits going back to the Visgoth king Athaulf (410-5). Not all of Europe was as happy as France to have Bourbon kings on the throne of both Spain and France, and soon the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) broke out, with Charles of Austria being the rival claimant. During the war Spain lost both Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.

French Map of Spain | Early Spanish Succession

A French <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?Book%20Subject=Maps%252C%2520Botanicals%2520and%2520More" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">map</a> of California as an island, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Nicolas+de+Fer&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicolas de Fer</a>.<ul><li>Nicolas de Fer (French).</li><li>La Californie ou Nouvelle Caroline, Teatro de los Trabajos Apostolicos De Compa.e. Jesus en la America Sept. Dressé sur celle que le Viceroy de la Nouvelle Espagne...</li><li>Paris: 1720. </li><li>Original outline color.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> The largest representation of the island of California on a single-sheet map. It is an enlarged version of Fer's map of 1700, allowing the 314 names in the original key to be moved onto the map. In place of the key is a text telling the history of California up to 1695, and four vignettes. Bottom left is a cartouche, illustrated with creatures including a Spoonbill and an armadillo, which seems to be lacking extra text. Most of the detail in the Mexican interior comes from the work of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), an Italian Jesuit. It is interesting that it was Kino first claimed California was joined to the mainland, as early as 1702.

French Map of California

De Fer's two-sheet world map.<ul><li>Nicolas de Fer (French).</li><li>Mappe-Monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre. divisée en deux Hemispheres suivant la Projection la plus commune ou tous les points principaux sont placez sur la observations de m.rs de l'Academie Royale des Siences.</li><li>Paris: 1705.</li><li>Two sheets conjoined.</li><li>Unframed.</li></ul> A large-format map of the world engraved by Henrick van Loon after a four-sheet map he and de Fer issued in 1694, but with updated geographical features. California is shown as an island and Australia and Tasmania appear in different hemispheres, with Cape York connected to New Guinea. The borders have vignettes of a volcano, tides, eclipses and meteorological events such as lightning, with the French Royal Arms in the upper cusp. The text boxes contain estimates of the diameter of the Earth and lists of the definition of a "foot" in different countries.

French World Map

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Nicolas-François Dun Lunéville 1764-1832 Naples Portrait de Ferdinand IV, roi de Naples et des Deux-Siciles (1751-1825) Aquarelle, gouache et or sur ivoire, cadre en argent gravé sur le bord : Fernando IV Rey de Napoles a la Sra Doña Josefa Ceballos y Alvarez de Faria Marquesa de Espeja, surmonté d’une couronne, le dos en nacre ; signé au milieu à droite : Dun 52 x 40 mm Poids brut : 35,4 gr., 1,2 oz. Veuillez noter que ce lot contient de l'ivoire d'éléphant. Conformément à la loi britannique sur l'ivoire (UK Ivory Act 2018), les clients basés au Royaume-Uni ne sont pas en mesure d'enchérir ou d'acheter ce lot. Conformément au règlement européen 2021/2280 du 16 décembre 2021, l’exportation de biens contenant cette matière hors de l’UE est interdite. Sotheby’s sera en mesure de délivrer à l’acquéreur le certificat intracommunautaire concernant ce bien.

View 1 of Lot 772: Portrait de Ferdinand IV, roi de Naples et des Deux-Siciles (1751-1825)

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