bibliographer
AmericanEtymology
Origin of bibliographer
1650–60; < Greek bibliográph ( os ) book-writer ( biblio-, -graph ) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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Two of this volume’s other essays closely consider the value of association copies — that is, copies with a noteworthy provenance — and the principles that guide a bibliographer.
From Washington Post
Throughout, Tanselle emphasizes the bibliographer’s paramount obligation to study and compare multiple copies of any book before drawing conclusions about its makeup or publication history.
From Washington Post
By the nineteen-sixties, many of the letters are responses to queries and fan mail, clarifications for curious readers and bibliographers and producers of academic studies.
From The New Yorker
Kells goes on a quest through the oddly perverse world of booksellers and bibliographers, in search of Shakespeare’s own tomes.
From New York Times
New scientific methods are a welcome addition to the bibliographer’s tool kit, and they should encourage all of us to look more closely, and critically, at books, and all texts, as objects.
From The New Yorker
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