When Book Covers Outshine Their Pages
this quarter (02/08/2024)
When Book Covers Outshine Their Pages Skip to content Unknown artists, The Whole Booke of Psalmes (1643), binding created by unknown needlewomen (all images courtesy Grolier Club unless otherwise noted) Unknown artists, The Whole Booke of Psalmes (1643), binding created by unknown needlewomen (all images courtesy Grolier Club unless otherwise noted) Unknown artists, The Whole Booke of Psalmes (1643), binding created by unknown needlewomen (all images courtesy Grolier Club unless otherwise noted) The Grolier Club — “America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts” — is situated on the busy Upper East Side intersection of 60th Street and Park Avenue, a few blocks from the Plaza Hotel. The space is furnished in a conspicuously old-fashioned style, its foyer void of a single piece of art or furniture that could betray its presence in the 21st century. The institution houses a 100,000-volume library, and now showcased in its book-lined and wood-paneled exhibition hall are more than 100 silver, gilded, embroidered, miniature, and otherwise noteworthy editions lie shut in the room’s glass display cases.