H. George Fletcher Books

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Focusing on the artistry and history of bookbinding, this volume explores its significance to collectors and bibliophiles. It showcases the Grolier Club's impressive collection, featuring bindings from early incunabula to contemporary works. The book highlights over thirty-five exhibitions and the establishment of the Club Bindery in 1895, illustrating the evolution of both European and American bindings. With meticulous research and stunning illustrations, it serves as both a visual delight and a scholarly resource for those passionate about the craft and its stories.

Drawn from the Grolier's permanent collections, the objects in this exhibition and catalogue range from a magnificent 12th-century manuscript of Gregory the Great's commentary on Job to recent artists' books and designer bookbindings. Highlights include manuscript and printed illuminated Books of Hours, early printed books, bindings from seven centuries, a letter from Jefferson to his Parisian bookseller, portrait prints of the great and the good, commemorative medals, and documents. Our patron saint, Jean Grolier, the "Prince of Bibliophiles," is honored with five of his books and three documents. The libraries of such important figures as Madame Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Count Hoym, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Adolf Hitler are represented.00Exhibition: The Grolier Club, New York, USA (07.12.2018 - February 2019).

This catalogue, produced to accompany a 2011 exhibition at the Grolier Club, emphasizes the importance of the French national typographic and printing establishment the Imprimerie Nationale, arguably the most important printing house in Europe. Drawing from the ancient, vast, and comprehensive archives of the Imprimerie Nationale, it documents the significant influence of the press, not only on printing and the book arts, but also on French--and therefore European--literary culture from the mid-sixteenth century to the present day. Contributions by eminent scholars H. George Fletcher, Annie Parent-Charon, Isabelle de Conihout, and James Mosley provide valuable insights into and context for the items featured.