Jean Grolier A SIXTEENTH CENTURY BINDERY JAMES K.MOFFITT PAULINE FORE MOFFITT LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GENERAL LIBRARY, BERKELEY tf * G * G # G # G One hundred and forty copies printed on hand-made paper, and ten on Japan. HELIODORI ^ETHIOPIC^ HISTORIC, BASLE, 1552. Size of original, 8 x 12^ inches. COLLECTION OF ROBERT HOE. JEAN GROLIER DE SERVIER VISCOUNT D'AGUISY SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND OF HIS FAMOUS LIBRARY BY WILLIAM LORING ANDREWS NEW-YORK MDCCCXCII THE DEVINNE PRESS "La passion des livres ne saurait 6tre considered comme un des resultats de notre civilisation moderne : en France comme en Angleterre, en Italic comme en Allemagne, enfm dans les differents pays de 1'Europe, il est trouve presque a toutes les epoques des hommes eminents qui ont consacre leur veilles et une parti de leur fortune a se former une bibliotheque. Rois, princes, seigneurs, religieux ou abbes, prelats ou simples pre- tres, savants, magistrats, financiers mSme, tous ont ri valise sous ce rapport et meritent d'etre cites." Le Roux de Lincy. PREFACE T~^OR much oj the material in the following pages J- the writer heartily acknowledges his indebted- ness to that admirable and thorough treatise by M. Le Roux de Lincy, Secretary of the Society of Biblio- philes-Franc, ais, Recherches sur Jean Grolier, sur sa Vie et sa Bibliotheque, Paris, 1866, to which the reader is referred for further investigation of the sub- jecl should his interest or curiosity be hereby sufficiently aroused. Regardless, however, of any other result, the author is content to put forth this little pamphlet simply in token of his admiration for the many estimable "char- afteristicks" of the worthy prototype of a class with which, if not identified, he hopes to be considered within bounds in claiming to be in strong affiliation. If the picture is therefore overdrawn, the reader will kindly bear this in mind, and make due allowance for the facl that a "fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind:' LIST OF PLATES. HELIODORI JETHIOPICJE HISTORIC (Grolier binding). Frontispiece. BESSARIONIS CARDINALIS NICENI (Grolier binding), page 1 1 PAGE FROM JUSTINIAN, PETER SCHOEFFER, 1477, . " 16 LIVRE DES STATUTS DE L'ORDRE SAINCT MICHEL, . " 19 CONTEMPORARY ALDINE MEDAL, " 24 FACSIMILE PAGE FROM THE TERENCE OF 1517, . . " 27 C. CRISPI SALLUSTII (Grolier binding), .... "29 PAGE OFANTHROPOLOGIA, WITH GROLIER'S AUTOGRAPH, " 33 COAT OF ARMS AND EMBLEM, "'38 QUINTO CURTIO (i 6th Century Roman binding), . '* 41 PAULI Jovn EPISCOPI (Grolier binding), ... "47 IL LIBRO DEL CORTEGIANO (Grolier binding), . " 51 ARMS OF GROLIER AFTER HIS MARRIAGE, ... "54 BURIAL-PLACE OF GROLIER, "55 The plates of bindings, of the Aldine medal, and of the facsimile page with Grolier's signature are by Mr. Edward Bierstadt's artotype process j the remaining illustrations are the work of the DeVinne Press. BESSARIONIS CARDINALIS NICENI, ALDUS, 1521. From Techener Sale. Size of original, 8^ x 13 inches. COLLECTION OF ROBERT HOE. JEAN GROLIER HOMAS HARTWELL HORNE, in his Introduction to the Study of Bib- liography, makes this remarkable statement : " The most eminent bookbinders of France are Grolier, Deseuille, Padaloup, De Rome, Bozerian of Paris, and Noel of Besa^on"; and he adds in a foot- note this interesting and valuable piece of infor- mation: "Many books of Grolier's binding are to be found in Mr. Cracherode's collection in the British Museum. Though many centuries have flown away since they were executed they still exhibit to advantage his admirable style." Certainly many of the interesting facts brought to light by Le Roux de Lincy concerning the life and library of this noted bibliophile were not accessible to Home; still it is singular that he was apparently ignorant of the existence of a Jean Grolier number of earlier authorities upon the subject, notices and descriptions of Grolier and his books having appeared long before Home wrote his treatise, in works of De Thou, 1 Croix du Maine, 1 Paul Lacroix, 3 and others. It is equally difficult either to explain or to excuse the commission of so glaring an error on the part of a professed student of bibliography. It is a fact not difficult to demonstrate that, irrespective of any other title to remembrance, the one who follows to a conspicuous extent the pursuit of book-collecting is assured of a de- gree of enduring renown beyond that which falls to the lot of most human beings outside the confined circle of the acknowledged great ones of earth. In the niche of imperishable fame posterity places but few of the painters, poets, statesmen, or scholars of any age, while the mul- titude are allowed to sink into the outer dark- ness of complete forgetfulness ; but it is a safe assertion that the name of no book-collector once inscribed upon the annals of bibliography has ever passed away entirely from the minds of men. This naturally results from the character of the bibliophile's pursuit. The books he loved and cherished become the lares and penates of Jean Grolier the next fortunate possessor, and the precious volumes, carefully guarded and passed on by one to another, are of necessity indissolubly con- nected with the names of the first and each succeeding owner. The superior vitality of a bibliophilistic reputation is shown in marked contrast in the subject of our sketch. Here was a man who through the greater part of his life filled, and worthily, positions of the highest trust and importance in the State Treasurer of the French Army in Italy, Ambassador to Rome, and then Treasurer of France ; and yet his name would have been forgotten long ago but for the beautiful books which through all these years have borne their silent witness to his knowledge, taste, and culture. In the introduction to his book, Le Roux de Lincy admits that his interest was aroused and his research incited by the keen appreciation shown by book-lovers for the bindings of Grolier and their rapid enhancement in value. Certain it is that, within this prescribed circle at least, the one who gathers together a collection of choice and valuable books may unwittingly and unintentionally build for himself a monu- ment more enduring than brass or marble. True, outside of this circle he may expect, in the course Jean Grolier of time, to encounter the ill-fortune of being woefully misrepresented, and, as we have seen, even within the confines of the book-man's pre- serves this has been the fate of Jean Grolier. There was good reason indeed to fear an indefi- nite increase of the number of misguided ad- mirers of his skill as a bookbinder, and a well- grounded dread of our friend Home's error becoming a popular fallacy; but happily Le Roux de Lincy has come gallantly to the rescue of his distinguished countryman, and averted this threatened danger. An endeavor to trace the rise of a taste for lit- erature and the commencement of a passion for the collection of books amongst the French peo- ple carries us back to the eighth century and the reign of Charlemagne. That great monarch was himself a munificent patron and ardent friend of learning. Aided by Alcuin, a native of York and disciple of the " venerable Bede," 4 he es- tablished in his family an institution called a Schola Palatina, which accompanied the Court wherever it journeyed and was attended by the royal family and the high officers of State. Other similar schools were established from time to time in various parts of the dominion, and Jean Grolier particular attention was given, under the direction of Alcuin, 5 to the restoration and correction of the ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts which had become mutilated by the ravages of time and corrupted by ignorant translators. These were newly transcribed at the different schools and monasteries, and copying manuscript became one of the fashionable occupations of the day, in which "even the royal princesses took an active part and lively interest." It is not, however, until the thirteenth cen- tury that the history of bibliophilism in France becomes at all voluminous. Since that date it embraces, with few exceptions, all the grand and conspicuous personages of the kingdom its sovereigns, princes, state officials, and men of wealth. Large collections of books were also gathered together in the abbeys and monas- teries, where the friars (the conservators of medieval literature) continued, without cessa- tion, from age to age their quiet, monotonous toil of copying works sacred and profane, until suddenly they found themselves confronted with the startling results of Gutenberg's wonderful discovery, and their careful and laborious pro- cess of book-making was superseded. Jean Grolier We can fancy with what feelings of surprise and, doubtless, of sorrow and resentment these cloistered monks slowly and unwillingly read the handwriting on the wall. To the artistic souls among them must have come a premoni- tion of the inevitable result of this new me- chanical invention. It signified the gradual extinction of their beautiful art. This was not the immediate effect, but the final abandon- ment of their occupation was none the less sure to follow the introduction of the printing-press. The printers kindly left them for a time blank capitals and wide, clean margins upon which they still could lavish their taste and skill, but it was not long before even this re- stricted opportunity passed away. In the haste occasioned by the multiplied demands which the invention itself created, time could not be spared for the beautifying but slow and tedious processes of the illuminator. As the glow of the sunset slowly disappears from one hillside after another until the entire landscape is lost in a monotone of shadow, so, through the two or three decades following the invention of the art of printing, the splendor of the burnished, historiated capitals and the richly tinted, grace- 16 Jupioci onarauffctur fifcus iOrotrci' > ui ait- vd mm tc mrc ptilico ara cnrnfa nc ana bo fifco qrcda ct ^ Crr u.'daqattipm tflmapublioialioK-fpcu^rup ur fF. 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From Syston Park Sale. Size of original, 11x15^ inches. COLLECTION OF W. L. ANDREWS. Jean Grolier fully designed borders gradually fades and dies away until all that remains is a prosaic, unre- lieved surface of white and black. Missal of the Gothic Age, Missal with the blazoned page, Whence, O missal, hither come, From what dim scriptorium ? Not as ours the books of old Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore Rows of type and nothing more.* Before the close of the sixteenth century the hands of the scribe and miniaturist had lost much of their cunning, and the practice of their art became speedily, through disuse and neg- lect, naught but a reminiscence. It was a goodly company who thus found themselves thrown out of employment. The school of scribes, miniaturists, and illuminators at Paris, dating from the end of the thirteenth century, perhaps earlier, which enjoyed a mer- ited reputation throughout France, is said at the close of the fourteenth century to have exceeded 60,000 in number. * Austin Dobson. 3 17 Jean Grolier Among the most celebrated book-collectors or owners of fine books anterior to the time of Grolier, one of the most conspicuous was fitienne Chevalier, born in 1410 and dying in 1474. He, like Grolier, held the office of Treasurer, and was a devoted servant of his master, Charles VII, a close and trusted friend of the beautiful Agnes Sorel, and (which inter- ests us most) the patron of Jean Foucquet, 6 the most skilful miniaturist of the fifteenth century. The number of women in all the higher classes of society, noted as lovers and posses- sors of beautiful books, is remarkable. Queen Blanche of Castile, mother of St. Louis; Anne de Bretagne, whose magnificent Book of Hours, containing fifty-one large paintings in the high- est style of French art of the earlier part of the sixteenth century, now forms one of the chief ornaments of the Bibliotheque Nationale ; Catherine de M^dicis; Mary Queen of Scots; Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI ; Mar- garet d'Angouleme, Duchesse d'Alenpon, Reine de Navarre, author of the Heptameron and the Marguerites de la Marguerite de Princesses, called by the poets of her day the " fine pearl of the Valois"; and that other Margaret, also LIVRE DES STATUTS DE SAINCT MICHEL, PARIS, 1467. Printed on vellum. Binding of Henry II and Diane de Poictiers. From Syston Park Sale. Size of original, 6% x 8 J^ inches. COLLECTION OF W. L. ANDREWS. Jean Grolier Queen of Navarre, first wife of Henry IV, whose lovely bindings are strewn with the flower which bears her name. Nor is the list complete without the addition of the names of not a few of that bevy of fair dames and demoi- selles who, although not queens by birth, exer- cised a regal power by force of their wit and beauty above all, the famous Diane de Poic- tiers, widow of the great Seneschal of Nor- mandy, and mistress of Henry II. (" ILa Dame") Dom \t nom gracteujp J'e0t fa belong D'esttrire, 311 tst script Dans te cieup (Ec De mtC $e peult lire** Thus it is seen that Grolier, as a lover and collector of books, is by no means a unique figure in the history of sixteenth-century France; he was but following in the footsteps of the brilliant line of bibliophiles that had preceded or were contemporaneous with him. But this must be conceded, that he was one of the fore- most in his appreciation of the importance to learning of the study of the writings of ancient classical authors, and that he contributed more * Clement Marot. Jean Grolier to their restoration by his liberal patronage of the scholars, authors, and printers of the day than any other of his contemporaries. In one respect his sumptuous fashion of clothing his books in rich and solid bindings of the highest artistic quality he stands unrivaled. He has left us, writes one of the foremost of modern French binders,* a collection so rich that we may claim for him the r61e of a creator in a specialty which, until his time, had not risen above the rank of an ordinary handicraft, but which he elevated to the height of a genuine and beautiful art. These masterpieces have served as models to the book- binders of all ages since they were executed, and are examples of the art of ornamental design as applied to the covers of books which have never been equaled. This scholar, statesman, financier, antiquarian, and bibliophile lived under the rule of seven sovereigns of France: Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, Francis I, Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX, being born at Lyons in the year of *"En examinant avec soin les details de cette ornamentation (Grolier- esque) on y reconnaitra 1'influence que Tempire d'Orient et les Arabes ont laisse'e a Venise a cette e"poque, et nous pouvons conside>er cette ville comme le berceau, non seulement de la Reliure en general, mais specialement de notre Reliure fran^aise." Lion Gruel, Relieur. Jean Grolier grace 1479, anc ^ dying full of years and honors at Paris, October 22, 1565. His family came originally from Verona, establishing themselves in France about the commencement of the thir- teenth century. In 1510, at the age of thirty-one, he succeeded his father fitienne in the office of Trsorier-Gne'ral of the Duchy of Milan. This province, conquered by Louis XII, had revolted during the latter part of that monarch's reign, but had been reunited to France by Francis I immediately upon his accession to the throne. In addition to this office Grolier held that of Elu, or Chief Magistrate, of the city of his birth. In 1524 he was sent by Francis I as ambassador to Pope Clement VII. He could not, however, have remained at the Court of Rome or as Trea- surer at Milan later than 1530, as about that date the French troops left Italy and amicable rela- tions between the Holy Chair and France ceased In 1537 Grolier had returned to Paris, and in 1545 was made Tresorier-G6nral for the country beyond the Seine and Yonne and in the He de France, which included the city of Paris and was the most important of all the treasurer- ships as well as the most arduous in its admin- istration. This position he held until his death. Jean Grolier There were at this time in the entire king- dom of France but four treasurers. Their duties were as multitudinous as varied, and comprised not only the collection of all the taxes levied by the King, but also his disbursements as head of the State, including the payment of the army and of the domestics of the royal household down to those of the lowest rank. The care of the palaces, chateaus, and domains belonging to the crown also formed part of the duties of the posi- tion of Treasurer. They in turn were subject to the direction of the General Master of France, who controlled their actions and rendered ac- count directly to the King. Grolier, while still a comparatively young man, undoubtedly possessed a knowledge of the clas- sics and of several other branches of literature, acquired, probably, for the most part, during his residence in Italy; but before he first left Paris we find him in correspondence with all the Parisian and many foreign men of letters, amongst them Bude, the foremost Greek scholar of the period (an edition of his work on Ancient Measures and Moneys Grolier subsequently caused to be printed with great care at the Al- dine Press) ; also with Beatus Rhenanus, 7 a noted Jean Grolier German scholar. Two letters written to Rhe- nanus and Francis d'Asola jointly still remain in existence. Grolier was likewise the friend of Erasmus, who describes him as a man who "in a well-formed body possessed all the good quali- ties and all the virtues imaginable." He extols his civility, his modesty, his integrity, and his munificence; styles him the ornament of France, the protector of savants, whose name is placed at the head of all the works printed in his time and above all the learned men of his age, not only by his position but by his erudition ; and he adds, "You owe nothing to books, but books will give you in the future an eternal glory.'* This prophecy has had one fulfilment he could not have dreamed of 'the foundation of a club of bookmen, called by Grolier's name, more than three centuries after his death, in a country undis- covered at the time of his birth and known to Erasmus when he penned this rather fulsome panegyric only as a far distant land peopled with untutored savages. In the discharge of his duties as Treasurer of the French army in Italy, Grolier's residence was occasionally in Naples, but principally in Milan, whence he made frequent visits to Venice, cul- 23 Jean Grolier tivating the acquaintance of the scholars and studying the literature of these different cities. Probably as early as 1512 he had become a collector of books and frequented the libraries of Italy as well as the offices of its celebrated printers, notably that of the elder Aldus and his successors, of whom he became, very early in their history, an ardent admirer and generous friend and patron. Aldo Pio Manutio, the "scholar printer," the man who "toiled and spent his life to fill the world with beautiful books and hold open to all men the gates of learning, all for love and nothing for reward," died in 1515, leaving four children, all too young to direct the affairs of the printing-house which he had been laboring diligently for over twenty years to establish. Fortunately the management fell into the able hands of his father-in-law, Andre Torresano d'Asola, and his two sons. It is at this date that the closest and most intimate connection of Grolier with the house of Aldus existed. He had held the elder Aldus in the very high- est esteem and affection, and in a letter to Franois d'Asola in 1519, advising him of the sending of the Book of Bude, 8 which he wished CONTEMPORARY ALDINE MEDAL. From a facsimile metallic reproduction in the Grolier Club Collection of Typographical Medals, presented by S. P. Avery. Exact size of original. For description see page 66. Jean Grolier to have printed at his own expense at their press, he writes: "This man's death has caused me a very bitter sorrow, as much because learn- ing has lost in him a very able restorer as that I have been deprived of a most affectionate friend." In the last paragraph of this letter, written in Latin with much elegance of style and felicity of dictiori, Grolier enters into minute details con- cerning the manner in which he wished this Book of Budaeus d'Asse to be executed. " Now, then, dear Fra^ois, you will give your utmost care so that a most correct work will pass from your press to the hands of the learned. I entreat you many times and supplicate you to add beauty to elegance, that the paper should be without blemish, the characters of a perfect equality, and, what is not to be despised, that the margins should be large. In conclusion, I wish that the book should be executed with the same charac- ters as were used formerly to print the 'Poli- tiani,' and in the same style ; and if so much elegance involves a great expense, I will not fail to account to you for it. I wish further that nothing should be changed or added to the original." The Omnia Opera Angeli Politiani, 9 Jean Grolier 1498, which is here designated as the model for the Book of Bud, is one of the most beau- tiful books issued from the press of Aldus Manutius, and is now one of the rarest. The Book of Bude on Ancient Measures and Moneys appeared in 1522. A copy on vel- lum, with the initials illuminated in gold and colors (Grolier's own copy), was in the Mac- Carthy Reagh collection, purchased by him at the Soubise sale, and is described as follows in the catalogue of his (MacCarthy's) library sold in Paris, 1815: "No. 5106: Guill Budsei Pa- risiensis libri v de asse et partibus ejus. Vene- tiis, apud Aldum 1522 in 4 m. r. IMPRIMfi SUR VfiLIN. SUPERBE EXEMPLAIRE, avec les lettres initiales peintes en or et en coleurs, et le seul que 1'on connoisse sur vlin. C'est celui qui fut envoye a Grolier, a qui ce livre est d^die'. On lit a la fin du texte ces mots Merits: Jo Grolierii Lugdunens et amicorum" This volume, rebound by Lewis in the Grolier style in green morocco, is now one of the trea- sures of the library of Lord Spencer. It cost the Earl, at the MacCarthy sale in 1815, 1500 francs. Grolier's passionate admiration for the books issued from the Aldine press, and his warm and 26 CHRISTIANUS. CALL OR VM REG FS SE GRETA RIO ET PRIMARIO IN SVBRIAB QV-AESrORI JFRAKCISCV5 ASV LANVS 5. V I C V N QV E " VolattMS itte Se Jig* tusfnit:qui iudtdu de Utttms comiciSjirt t)ts,quiarcnnfiruntur,i r^/rrcf fitper4re,ttc/exfodemtitn loco an/equi Tcrew- toum ajfritfatto ne id pan 0rolUer, en son intent rtjetaUer, seigneur ijtcomte D'agufep, tljr&orter De 9I& Ian et ue jfrance, en la charge et t&r&orerte ffoultre ^eine et i^onne, general De0 finances mi Ho& *fc r^ 1 -tx # ^ TT YP Vjr G * # * # * G G * $ * G G * # * * G # ^ ^ ^ (T * Afc Afc * G G #'**. G * ^ '"'* ^^G*** G G