bibliopegy
noun
the art of binding books.
bibliopegistic
-
a word derived from
bibliopegy.
Example Sentences
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What a field, therefore, was here for the display of the bibliopegistic art!
From Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
The name of Lewis will be always held high in the estimation of bibliopegistic Virtuosi.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Since then, indeed within a very few years, the famous Charles Lewis—of whose bibliopegistic renown the Decameronic pages have expatiated fully—has ceased to be.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
The copy is cruelly cropt, and the volume is sufficiently badly printed; which makes it the more surprising that such pains should have been taken with its bibliopegistic embellishments.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
It is, however, preserved in rather a loose and shabby binding, and should certainly be protected by every effort of the bibliopegistic art.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
