ABSTRACT
Grolier had the good fortune to live through the glorious years of the Renascence, when all the arts were reviving at once and flourishing together; and he had the good judgment to aid in the development of the art of bookbinding to which he attached his name inseparably. The author know that Grolier was in Italy in 1512, and that he was still at Milan in 1525. As Dr. Holmes tells us, a library" is a looking-glass in which the owner's mind is reflected"; and it is a noble portrait of the man which the get when he look at the books of Jean Grolier. Every existing book bound for Grolier has its pedigree, and is traced lovingly from catalogue to catalogue of the great collectors. The next step was to increase the variety and the complication of the interlacing bands.
