antiquarian
adjective /ˌæntɪˈkweəriən/
/ˌæntɪˈkweriən/
[usually before noun]- connected with the study, collection or sale of valuable old objects, especially books
- an antiquarian bookshop
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin antiquarius, from antiquus, anticus ‘former, ancient’, from ante ‘before’.