Definition of Groleir
Gro"lier` (?), n. The name by which
Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is
commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a
design, etc.
Grolier binding, a book binding decorated
with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for
Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto. --
Grolier design or school, the
pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of
slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean
Grolier's book bindings.
Gro"lier` (?), n. The name by which
Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is
commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a
design, etc.
Grolier binding, a book binding decorated
with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for
Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto. --
Grolier design or school, the
pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of
slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean
Grolier's book bindings.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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