Grolier
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Grolier
First recorded in 1820–30; named after J. Grolier de Servières ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“When the books arrived, our executive director joked, ‘These books are surprisingly heavy for being imaginary,’” Shira Belén Buchsbaum, exhibitions manager at the Grolier Club, recalled.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Much of the archival material in “Treasures from the Hispanic Society Library” at the Grolier Club is also, in ways negative and positive, about politics.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
But some marquee female writers are represented at the Grolier.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2020
Many of the other books on display at the Grolier are similarly special: novelist Larry McMurtry’s copy of H.G.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2018
This celebrated amateur and patron of bookbinding was an intimate friend of Grolier, and president of the Paris Parliament in the reign of Henri IV.
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
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