_Eikon Basilike_ (Vol. ii., p. 134.).--I would suggest to A.C. that the
circumstance of his copy of this work bearing on its cover "C.R.,"
surmounted by a crown, may not be indicative of its having been in the
possession of royalty. It may have been, perhaps, not unusual to
occasionally so distinguish words of this description published in or
about that year (1660). I have a small volume entitled--
"The History of His Sacred Majesty Charles II. Begun from the
Murder of his royal father of Happy Memory, and continued to
this present year, 1660, by a person of quality. Printed for
_James Davies_, and are to be sold at the _Turk's Head in Ioy_
Lane, and at the _Greyhound_ in _St. Paul's_ Church Yard, 1660."
This volume is stamped in gold on both covers with C.R., surmounted by a
crown.