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AIRY, Osmund. 1901 first edition by Goupil & Co. Binding signed by Durvand. Bound in three-quarter Moroccan leather with simple hand tooled title. Boards and end papers marbled, Pages gilded on top edge and rough cut on outside edge. Illustrated with rich steel plate engravings, all with tissue guards. Frontispiece hand colored, and very well done. Plates engraved by Manzi, Joyant & Co. at Asnieres-sur-Seine, near Paris. Printed on high quality, heavy weight paper. 13" x 10.25" with 282 numbered pages. " Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France."