[Illustration] Crowned initials "C.C." adossés, within palm branches, commonly found on books bound for Charles II. by Samuel Mearne, the Royal Bookbinder. [CRANZIUS. _Vandaliae and Saxoniae Alberti Cranzii Continuatio._ Wittebergae, 1586.] Charles II. (born May 1630, died 6th February 1685) was the elder son of Charles I. In 1660 Charles ascended the throne of England, although his accession is sometimes counted from the date of the death of Charles I., 30th January 1649. In Scotland it is always so dated. Samuel Mearne was appointed Royal Bookbinder to Charles II. in June 1660, and he bound the greater number of the King's books in a beautiful red morocco. On most of these bindings the King's initials within a palm spray appear, and sometimes the edges of the leaves of the books have designs painted upon them, only showing when the book is open. Charles II. also used several of the book-stamps that had been made for Charles I. Mearne was one of the greatest bookbinders of any time, and apart from the splendid work he did for Charles II., he executed numbers of other bindings, many of which are inlaid and have the leather stained and painted. He invented what is known as the "Cottage" design, and his style and detail is often copied even at the present time. [Illustration] CHARLOTTE OF MECKLENBURG, QUEEN CONSORT OF GEORGE III. _Arms._--On two separate shields, side by side. Dexter shield: Quarterly. 1st and 4th, France and England, quarterly. 2nd, Scotland. 3rd, Ireland. All as used by James I. (q.v.). Sinister shield, the arms of Charlotte of Mecklenburg. Quartered. 1. Arg., a bull's head in pale sa. (crowned gu.), armed and ringed arg. _Mecklenburg._ 2. Az., a griffin segreant or. _Wenden._ 3. Vert, in chief az., a griffin segreant or. Principality of _Schwerin_. 4. Gu., a cross pattée arg. _Ratzeburg._ 5. Gu., an arm armoured ppr., holding a ring or, issuing from a cloud. County of _Schwerin_. 6. Or, a bull's head sa., in bend sinister (crowned gu.), armed and ringed arg. _Rostock._ Over all, on an escutcheon of pretence, the arms of _Stargard_, per fess, gu. and or. The two shields are ensigned with the Royal Crown of England. This stamp is probably of foreign design, as it will be noted that the Royal coat-of-arms of England is as that used by Queen Anne before 1706, and not that used by George III., for whom it is intended. [CEFFALONIE. _Monument élevé à la gloire de Pierre-le-Grand._ Paris, 1777.] Charlotte Sophia (born 16th May 1744, died 17th November 1818) was the youngest daughter of Charles Louis, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.