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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a design, etc.
- noun a book binding decorated with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto.
- noun the pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean Grolier's book bindings.
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The same is true for Grolier online (go. grolier.com).
OCTools 2009
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She hasnt updated her Guide as such though ... but if you do a google search for "grolier bambi" you get a combination of the two versions ... but I am sure not a lot of people are aware of the one with the hat.
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She hasnt updated her Guide as such though ... but if you do a google search for "grolier bambi" you get a combination of the two versions ... but I am sure not a lot of people are aware of the one with the hat.
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