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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grolier \Gro"lier`\, n.
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Grolier binding}, a book binding decorated with a pattern
imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean
Grolier, and bearing his name and motto.
{Grolier design} or {Grolier school}, 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]