Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   {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 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.