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‖ rariora, n. pl.|rɛərɪˈɔərə, rærɪ-| [L., neut. pl. comparative of rārus rare.] Rare books. Cf. rare a.1 5 e.
1863Macm. Mag. VIII. 36 (heading) Rariora of old poetry. 1908Daily Report 26 Aug. 8/3 Such books fetch far better prices in London and Paris than in New York, where the demand for such rariora is small. 1932J. Buchan Gap in Curtain iv. 189 There was a fine set of Donne, two of the Shakespeare folios,..besides a quantity of devotional and political rariora. 1964D. Cox in D. Daiches Idea of New University ix. 162 Where sufficient copies of not only European but of American rariora have been unavailable, microfacsimile has been called in. |