Author: LE ROUX DE LINCY (Antoine J. V.)
Title: Recherches sur Jean Grolier sur vie et sa Bibliothèque suivies d'un Catalogue des Livres qui lui ont Appartenu.
Description: Paris: L. Potier, 1866. First edition, large 8vo (232 x 155 mm), xlix, [iii], 491, [1]pp., this being the standard edition without the 5 additional chromolithograph plates which were issued in the de-luxe edition, 1 engraved folding plate, cont. half morocco, slightly rubbed, marbled sides, uncut, t.e.g. First edition of the classic monograph on Grolier's life and his library. Breslauer, The uses of Bookbinding Literature, p.16. "The first classic of bookbinding literature".

Keywords: BOOKBINDING FRENCH BINDINGS