Grolier 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. 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.
