Jean Grolier

Named after the 16th-century bibliophile Jean Grolier, the club has put together hundreds of shows, ranging in subject from John Donne to Japanese prints.

Making Book The Hard Way 2008

Jean Grolier, the famous French Mæcenas, collector of books, antiquities, &c. Note 2.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910

Jean Grolier, the famous French Mæcenas, collector of books, antiquities, &c. [back]

XL 1909

Jean Grolier succeeded his father in both these employments.

The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869

Budæus was the first to apply the historical method to the explanation of the Civil Law: with the assistance of Jean Grolier he brought out a very learned treatise on ancient weights and measures; and in publishing his commentaries on the Greek language he was said to have raised himself to

The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869

'My work,' he says in his later book, 'is sound enough if soundly understood'; and he tells his rival that, though he may writhe with rage, the harmony of Gafori and the fame of Jean Grolier will live for ever.

The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869

Jean Grolier, the prince of book-collectors, was born at Lyons in 1479.

The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869