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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as bibliomaniac. I. D'Israeli; De Quincey.
Examples
“a "bibliomane" who in his dreams supposes himself to be purchasing "early editions on vellum" for "trifling" sums (18). close window”
“There is plenty to interest not only the Catholic, but the Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian or Orthodox Christian, provided he is an antiquarian and bibliomane like me.”
“He was a bibliomane as they ` re called, somebody who is maniacally obsessed with old books.”
“And the first fool of the whole navy, the fool at the helm, was the bibliomane, the book fool.”
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
“Bibliophobe, a hater of books: Bibliotaph, a burier of books -- one who hides or conceals them: Bibliomaniac, or bibliomane, one who has a mania or passion for collecting books.”
“-- "A bibliomane is an indiscriminate accumulator, who blunders faster than he buys, cock-brained and purse-heavy.”
“Suppose I am a bibliomane and someone comes to me with a title I have coveted unsuccessfully for years.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“I was first introduced to Davidson, a three-time winner of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger, decades ago by a fellow bibliomane with a penchant for English writers.”
“The answer is the usual one for the over-acquisitive bibliomane.”
“Le bibliomane ne connait ordinairement les livres que par leur titre, leur frontispice, et leur date; il s'attache aux bonnes editiones et les poursuit à quelque titre que ce soit; la relieure le seduit aussi, soit par son ancienneté, soit par sa beauté, "&c.”
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sionnach Someone who accumulates books indiscriminately Dec 22, 2010