bibliomane

Definitions

Synonym of bibliomaniac.

Equivalents

Examples

“A very significant fact is that the Greek and Latin classics in the choicest editions, unless indeed they have⟳ the good luck to be in Derome or Trautz-Bauzonnet bindings, are not looked at by the bibliomanes of the period.”

“To the bibliomanes of my generation, it comes as a shock⟳ to learn⟳ how much of a book can be punched onto a tape and clicked off by a computer.”

“(A companion piece by Brenda Scragg on the bibliomane William Ford is, alas, but a shadow of the rewarding study⟳ of this collector-turned-dealer which Anthony Lister published in the book collector in 1989.)”

“The ever-present danger was that the cultivated amateur would overstep the bounds of civilized interest⟳ into the domain of obsession; the line between the bibliophile and the bibliomane was never quite as firmly drawn as Nodier would have⟳ liked: “There is only a single attack of nerves separating the bibliophile from the bibliomaniac” (Du bibliophile au bibliomane, il n’y a qu’une crise”; 102).”

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