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English Heraldic Book-stamps

Chapter 187: BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS TO CONSULT
By Cyril Davenport
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A detailed survey catalogs armorial stamps found on book bindings, pairing plates of coats of arms with concise descriptive notes and indices. The introduction traces the use and changing popularity of stamped bindings, outlines how royal and private copies reach libraries, and warns that transferred bindings can complicate dating. Practical identification guidance emphasizes accessories, coronets, orders, and printing dates to narrow likely owners, illustrated from public and private collections. Technical sections explain blazoning and methods for indicating tinctures, including lettered trick and hatching conventions, and describe common heraldic furs and charges. A bibliography and comprehensive indices support further research.

HERALDIC BOOKS TO CONSULT

Bedford, W. K. R. The Blazon of Episcopacy. London, 1858.

Berry, W. Encyclopædia Heraldica. London, 1828. (?)

Boutell, C. English Heraldry. London, 1867.

Burke, J. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. London, 1831.

Burke, J. A General Armoury of England, Scotland, and Ireland. London, 1842.

Burke, J., and Sir J. B. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the extinct and dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. London, 1841.

Burke, J., and Sir J. B. The Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1841.

Burke, Sir J. B. The Book of Orders of Knighthood. London, 1850.

Davenport, C. J. The English Regalia. London, 1897.

Elven, J. P. The Book of Family Crests. London, 1838.

Fairbairn, J. A Book of the Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1905.

Fox-Davies, A. C. The Art of Heraldry. London, 1904.

Garter, Order of the. Les noms, surnoms, qualitez, armes, et blasons de tous les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Jarretière depuis l'Institution en 1347 jusqu'à present. Paris, 1647.

Guillim, J. A Display of Heraldry. London, 1679.

Jones, W. Crowns and Coronations. London, 1883.

Knight, F. Knight and Butters' Crests. London, 1885.

Legh, G. The Accedens of Armory. London, 1562.

Mair, J. A. Proverbs and Mottoes. London, 1891.

Mottoes and Motives. London, 1884.

Nicholas, Sir H. History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire. London, 1841.

Papworth, J. W. An alphabetical Dictionary of Coats-of-Arms. London, 1874.

Peerages of the date of the book.

Planché, J. R. The Pursuivant of Arms. London, 1852.

Porny, M. A. The Elements of Heraldry. London, 1787.

Sandford, F. Genealogical History of the Kings of England. London, 1677.

Segar, Sir W. Baronagium Genealogicum. London, 1764-84.

Siebmacher, J. Grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch. Nürnberg, 1890, etc.

Upton, N. De studio Militari, libri quatuor. Londini, 1654.

Willement, T. Regal Heraldry. London, 1821.

Woodward, J. A Treatise on Heraldry. Edinburgh, 1896.

BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS TO CONSULT

Army Lists of the date of the Book.

British Museum Catalogue of Authors of Books.

Cokayne, G. E. Complete Baronetage. Exeter, 1900.

Cokayne, G. E. [G. E. C] Complete Peerage. London, 1887.

Directories of the date of the book.

Haydn, J. The Book of Dignities. London, 1890.

Landed Gentry Lists of the date of the book.

Marshall, J. Royal Naval Biography. London, 1823.

Navy Lists of the date of the book.

Peerages of the date of the book.

Stephen, L. Dictionary of National Biography. London, 1885, etc.