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Cyril Davenport
1848–1941
A British librarian, designer, and pioneering historian of bookbinding, Cyril Davenport brought scholarly attention to the craft and decoration of books. His richly illustrated studies remain valuable guides to the history of books, bindings, miniatures, and heraldic design.
7 Audiobooks
English Embroidered Bookbindings
by Cyril Davenport
English Heraldic Book-stamps
by Cyril Davenport
Leather for Libraries
by E. Wyndham Hulme, Cyril Davenport, J. Gordon (James Gordon) Parker, A. (Alfred) Seymour-Jones, F. J. Williamson
The Book: Its History and Development
by Cyril Davenport
Royal English Bookbindings
by Cyril Davenport
The Crown Jewels of England
by G. J. (George John) Younghusband, Cyril Davenport
About the author
Born in Stirling on June 5, 1848, Cyril James Humphries Davenport joined the British Museum Library in 1868 after working as a draftsman for the Royal Engineer Department of the War Office. He eventually became Superintendent of Bookbinding and remained at the museum until his retirement in 1913.
Davenport was widely regarded as an authority on the history of bookbinding. His books include Royal English Bookbindings, English Embroidered Bookbindings, The Book: Its History and Development, Miniatures, Ancient and Modern, and studies of heraldic book-stamps and the printer-bookbinder Thomas Berthelet.
Alongside his scholarly work, he was active as a watercolor and miniature painter, book-cover designer, sculptor, enameler, and goldsmith. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and died in Taunton on January 15, 1941.