The Grolier Club The Grolier Club: Celebrating the Art & History of the Book Since 1884 Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club is America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts. Named for Jean Grolier (1489/90-1565), the Renaissance collector renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club’s objective is to promote “the study, collecting, and ...
The Grolier Club allel political quest for Irish nationhood. Presented in collaboration with The New York Public Library and featuring newly discovered material from their collection, Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation is on view in The Grolier Club’s ground floor gallery from April 29 through .Irish nationhood. Presented in collaboration with The New ...
Mission & Programs The Grolier Club's purpose is to foster the study, collecting, appreciation, and celebration of books, works on paper, and their related arts and crafts, particularly their art, history, production, circulation, and commerce. The Club shall pursue this mission through the maintenance of a library devoted to all aspects of the book and graphic arts and especially bibliography ...
The Grolier Club The text of this short biography is adapted from a pamphlet printed for Grolier Club members soon after the founding of the Club. The circumstances of its publication are obscure, but there is evidence to suggest that it was the very first publication of the fledgling Grolier Club. It was issued without title-page or imprint, and the text is signed at end simply with the ...
The Grolier Club A Brief History of the Grolier Club ON THE EVENING OF , New York printing press manufacturer and book collector Robert Hoe invited to his home eight fellow bibliophiles to discuss the formation of a club devoted to the book arts. Although the nine men differed in age, occupation and social position, they shared the opinion that the arts of printing and ...