[BOOK BELONGING TO KING CHARLES II]
CHARLES I, KING OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND, 1625-1649
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
Dernieres Oeuvres de sa Majeste de la Grande Bretagne. The Hague, 1649. 12mo, to include: Eikon Basilike, folding frontispiece incomplete; Prieres de sa Majeste de la Grande Bretagne; Cahiers de la Conference…entre sa Majesté de la Grande Bretagne et le Sr. Alex. Henderson Ministre Escossois, portrait; Metamorphose des Isles Fortunés de la Reyne Dovairiere de la Grande Bretagne; 17th century calf with the royal monogram “CR” and crown to the covers
Provenance
Reputed to have been left at Cortachy Castle by King Charles II, a flyfeaf reads: “God Bless ye King”
Property from the Earls of Airlie