bibliomanian.
/ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə/ A rage for collecting and possessing books.
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society > communication > book > bibliophily or bibliomania > [noun]
bibliomania1734
book mania1807
book collecting1809
bibliomanism1820
bibliophilism1824
book-fancying1858
bibliophily1877
bibliomanianism-
1734 T. Hearne Diary 9 Nov. (1921) XI. 389 I should have been tempted to have laid out a pretty deal of money without thinking my self at all touched with Bibliomania.
1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 19 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1517 Beware of the bibliomanie.]
1809 Dibdin (title) Bibliomania, or Book-madness; containing some account of the history, symptoms, and cure of this fatal disease.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. i. 11 The bibliomania which appeared to engross my friend.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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