TY - BOOK AU - Davenport,Cyril TI - English Heraldic Book-stamps AV - CRZ PY - 2014/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Heraldry -- Great Britain KW - Armorial bindings KW - Bookplates, English N1 - Release date is 2014-12-20; Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified N2 - "English Heraldic Book-stamps" by Cyril Davenport is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the fascinating world of heraldic book-stamps, detailing coats-of-arms and crests that adorn bookbindings across England, Scotland, and Ireland, with a focus on their historical significance and identification. The opening of the book sets the stage for an exhaustive examination of heraldic stamps, emphasizing that the material presented is just a collection of what exists, with suggestions of the vast number yet to be discovered. Davenport expresses a desire to document these symbols better, noting that little attention has previously been given to English heraldry in this context compared to French counterparts. He outlines the historical roots of heraldry, touching upon its military origins and the evolution of coats-of-arms on books from the late 15th century onward, establishing a foundation for the detailed descriptions and illustrations to follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47714 ER -