|
<
Go back
ON TEN NEW GROLIERS: JEAN GROLIER'S FIRST LIBRARY AND HIS OWNERSHIP MARKS BEFORE 1540.
de Conihout, Isabelle
A talk at the Grolier Club of New York, 25 January 2012.
Isabelle de Conihout, Curator of Rare Books at the Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris, shares some important recent discoveries about Jean Grolier (1489 or 90-1565) and his famous library. In this transcript of a talk given in connection with the Grolier Club exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasure of the Imprimerie Nationale" (December 6, 2011-February 4, 2012), Dr. de Conihout tells how insight, meticulous scholarship, and rare good fortune enabled her to add "Ten New Groliers" to the list of books known to have been owned by one of the greatest book collectors of all time. Illustrated in color.
 E-mail/Export ?
Books of related interests - -
> Austin, Gabriel, THE LIBRARY OF JEAN GROLIER: A PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE.
> Le Roux de Lincy, Antoine-Jean-Victor, RECHERCHES SUR JEAN GROLIER, SUR SA VIE ET SA BIBLIOTHÈQUE, SUIVIES D'UN CATALOGUE DES LIVRES QUI LUI ONT APPARTENUS.
> Holzenberg, Eric, THREE GOLD BEZANTS, THREE SILVER STARS: THE ARMS OF THE GROLIER CLUB 1884-1984
 |
MINIATURE BOOKS.
by Koopman, Harry Lyman
Printed in an edition limited to 400 copies by Grabhorn-Hoyem of San Francisco. (Harlan, p.59-60; Bradbury, Dawson's 32). This is the last book to be undertaken by Bruce Rogers, the page proofs for which arrived on the day of his death. Blue decorative border on each page, initial letters set in red, set in Bruce Rogers's Centaur type and printed on English mould-made paper. A stunning production. With the miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on the front pastedown. Enclosed in a slipcase which is not called for in the bibliography.
|
|
|
