grangerize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to augment the illustrative content of (a book) by inserting additional prints, drawings, engravings, etc., not included in the original volume.
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to mutilate (books) in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.
verb
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to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
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to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another book
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Etymology
Origin of grangerize
1880–85; after James Granger (1723–1776), English clergyman whose Biographical History of England (1769) was arranged for such illustration; see -ize
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Mr. Ashbee possesses several extra-illustrated or grangerized books of exceptional interest—the nine volumes of Nichols' 'Literary Anecdotes' are extended to thirty-four, there being upwards of 5,000 additional portraits, views, and so forth.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
In fifty cases out of a hundred, booksellers who make grangerizing a speciality find it pays far better to break up an illustrated book than to sell it intact.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
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