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The Grolier Club is a private club and society of bibliophiles in New York City.Founded in January 1884, it is the oldest existing bibliophilic club in North America. The club is named after Jean Grolier de Servières, Viscount d'Aguisy, Treasurer General of France, whose library was famous; his motto, "Io.
At The Rowfant (Book) Club's 100th anniversary celebration in 1992, local members and their guests from book clubs in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco discovered common interests in bibliophilic book clubs. [1] The new association's first meeting was November 5, 1993, in New York, at The Grolier Club. In 1994, the group drew ...
In 1962, as a senior at Yale, Brooker was awarded the Adrian Van Sinderen Prize which encourages undergraduate students to collect books, build their own libraries and read for pleasure and education. [7] He became a member of the Grolier Club in 1962.
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The Grolier Society specialized in publishing extra-fine editions of classics and rare literature. The Society was named after the Grolier Club, which had been founded in 1884 to advance the arts involved in making books and which was itself named after a well-known French bibliophile, Jean Grolier de Servières.
William Loring Andrews (September 9, 1837 – March 19, 1920) was an American rare book collector, publisher, and librarian. He was a trustee and the first librarian of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and its advocate for forty years. [1] [2] From 1888 to 1892, he served as the founder and president of the Grolier Club. [3]
In 1966 it was replaced by the New Book of Knowledge. [1] The number of volumes fluctuated. It was originally a 24 volume set, but other print runs had 10, 12 or 20.; [2] 1919 was a 20 volume set as shown in the image above, as was 1951. [3] From 1949 Grolier also issued a Book of Knowledge Annual. [4]