bibliographer
AmericanEtymology
Origin of bibliographer
1650–60; < Greek bibliográph ( os ) book-writer ( see biblio-, -graph) + -er 1
Explanation
If you’ve decided to read everything Shakespeare ever wrote, or are looking for the best books on American basketball for a research paper, you’ll appreciate that some bibliographer somewhere has probably made a list suitable for each of those two projects. A professional bibliographer makes lists of published writings, including when and where they were published and sometimes giving notes on each one. The list, called a bibliography, might be all of a certain author's works, or all the most important works on a certain topic. The Greek roots of both words are biblion, "book," and graphos, "something drawn or written." Whenever you make a list of all the resources you consulted for an essay, you’re making a bibliography and acting as an amateur bibliographer yourself.
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The heir contacted Lucio Aquilanti, a Buenos Aires antiquarian bookseller, and a prominent Cortázar bibliographer, who confirmed the piece’s authenticity.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
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 ● Nov. 10, 2022
At one point, there was one “Five Roses” cookbook for every four Canadian households, said Ms. Driver, the bibliographer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
And then the relationship between Edgar Allan Poe and Griswold, who became his bibliographer after he died, and kept Poe a minor figure in literature for over a hundred years.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2013
As helps the bibliographer has, in the first place, such a classification of 13 the two or three thousand fifteenth century types as he is able to carry in his head.
From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
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