Lasting Impressions : The Grolier Club Library / The Grolier Club of New York

Identifier:REF.BC.1688

Dimensions:205 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Copyright dates:2004

created by: Eric Holzenberg, J. Fernando Peña

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Grolier Club. Library, Bibliography--Exhibitions, Bibliomania, Printing--History

Description:Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, May 12-July 31, 2004, curated by Eric Holzenberg and J. Fernando Peña. "Soon after the founding of the Grolier Club in 1884, a Library Committee was established "to gather together for the use of the members all the standard bibliographical works, as well as books relating to the art of printing." Over the course of the next twelve decades the Grolier Club Library rapidly expanded from a 300-volume bibliophile reference collection to become today's preeminent research library on the history of printing and the graphic arts. This illustrated catalogue documents the collection of America's oldest and most prestigious society for those interested in the art and history of the book. The catalogue examines in detail some of the Grolier Club's most striking and significant works, organizing them under chapters such as typography, book illustration, and writing."--BOOK JACKET. Includes bibliography and index.