ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS [Illustration] THIS FRONTISPIECE SHOWING THE BOOK-STAMP OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING IS REPRODUCED BY HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS PERMISSION. [FOR DESCRIPTION See p. 155] ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED BY CYRIL DAVENPORT V.D. F.S.A. AUTHOR OF 'THE BOOK,' ETC. [Illustration] LONDON ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO Ltd 1909 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 COATS-OF-ARMS 41 BIBLIOGRAPHY 413 INDICES-- INDEX TO THE INTRODUCTION 417 INDEX TO THE COATS-OF-ARMS, ETC. 421 Introduction The coats-of-arms and crests which are figured and described in the following pages do not exhaust the number of stamps of this kind that must exist on bookbindings throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. Perhaps some day I shall go on my travels and search for unrecorded coats, but the present collection, even if it should prove to have been only a first instalment, will not easily be equalled in interest. Little attention has been hitherto paid to English coats-of-arms outside books. For French coats of the same kind an excellent and comprehensive handbook has been compiled by M. J. Guigard, _Nouvel Armorial du Bibliophile_, Paris, 1890. Two short papers have already been written about my present subject, and both of these are illustrated with drawings by myself. The earlier paper is by Mr. W. Y. Fletcher, and appeared in vol. iii. of _Bibliographica_ in 1897; it is called "English Armorial Book-Stamps and their Owners." The second paper is by Mr. A. W. Pollard, and appeared in _The Library_ of April 1902; it is called "The Franks Collection of Armorial Book-Stamps." The drawings I made for these two papers were carefully drawn exactly as the stamps were cut, and consequently look very black; in my newer drawings, however, I have in many cases only given the outlines of supporters, crests, helmets, and accessories generally, the effect of which is less heavy and equally useful for identification.