Bookbindings old and new : notes of a book-lover, with account of the Grolier club of New York (1896)
Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 · London : G. Bell · leaf 314
ers, and notmere book-hoarders; they are bibliophiles, not Bookbindings Old and New. 295 bibliomaniacs; they love a book for its in-trinsic beauty, not for its accidental rarity;they cherish a volume because of its charmingvignettes or its vigorous press-work, not becauseit belongs to the good… … THE GROLIER ARMS. II. GROLIER HIMSELF. The Grolier Club is named after Jean Grolierde Servier, Viscount dAguisy, Treasurer-Gen-eral of France, who was a book-lover choosingthe best impressions of the best editions of thebest books and having them bound by the bestbinders under his own supervision.…
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