Groliern.
/ˈɡrəʊlɪə/, /ˈɡrəʊljeɪ/, /ˈɡrɒljeɪ/, U.S. /ˈɡroʊliər/ Used attributively to designate the interlacing geometrical designs which adorn the bindings of Grolier's books. Also absol.: a Grolier binding.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > ornament or lettering on binding > [adjective] > impressed design > types of
Grolier1827
blind1835
blind-stamped1931
azured1937
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun]
antiquing1728
royal binding1808
Russia binding1817
gothique1818
half-binding1821
Roxburghe1839
paper cover1843
trade binding1874
tree-calf1879
Grolier1880
yapp1883
cloth-work1885
publisher's binding1885
tree-marble1885
treed calf1892
presentation binding1893
quarter leather1894
quarter calf1896
three-quarter binding1897
library binding1903
circuit-binding1909
publisher's cloth1911
quarter binding1912
loose back1923
open back1923
spring-back1923
spiral binding1949
1827 Catal. Libr. T. Williams 3 Extremely rare, beautiful copies in Grolier binding, red morocco.
1827 Catal. Libr. T. Williams 118 Green morocco, with insides most richly tooled in the Grolier style.
1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding p. xix A centre block of Grolier.
1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding p. xx The Grolier bindings were bold.
1885 W. J. E. Crane Bookbinding xxi. 173 The pattern generally used was that of interlaced strapwork... Books so bound are often called ‘Groliers’.
1885 W. J. E. Crane Bookbinding xxi. 175 Fig. 150 shows a side of an ancient book in the Grolier style.
1893 Q. Rev. July 199 Another small volume in a Grolier binding.
1928 E. P. Goldschmidt Gothic & Renaissance Bookbindings I. 102 The earliest Groliers.
1952 J. Carter ABC for Book-collectors 94 The Grolier Club of New York..has published many valuable exhibition catalogues and other bibliographical reference books.
1969 Bodl. Libr. Rec. VIII. 141 One (lot 18) is described as a ‘Grolier’ binding; while a number of others are described as ‘Grolier style’.
Derivatives
Grolier Club n. (see quot. 1960).
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1896 B. Matthews Book Bindings v. i. 294 The Grolier Club is a gathering of those who love books for their external beauty.
1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 161/2 Grolier Club, a New York club for bibliophiles, founded in 1884.
1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Feb. 116/2 The Grolier Club's Gazette, which has of late carried useful handlists of minor and major exhibitions.
Grolieˈresque adj. (also absol.)
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective]
full-bound1705
super-extra1774
half-bound1775
Etruscan1792
antique1794
Russia-bound1808
vellum-bound1836
vellum-covered1836
quarter-bound1842
cloth-bound1860
limp1863
cottage1874
monastic1880
parchment-bound1881
yapped1882
all along1888
Grolieresque1889
Maioli1890
perfect1890
treed calf1892
Lyonnais1893
hardback1894
dos-à-dos1952
perfect bound1960
spiral-bound1961
spiral1977
1889 B. Quaritch Coll. Facsim. Bookbinding 25 The design is smaller in scale than that of the true Grolieresque.
1893 Q. Rev. July 196 The geometrical strapwork patterns known as Grolieresque were introduced into England in the time of Edward VI.
1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 June 493 The restrained geometric Grolieresque style was elaborated into the richer and more exuberant design which is described by the phrase à la fanfare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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