bibliotaph or bibliotaphe

📖 Definitions

noun

One who hoards books.

💬 Usage Examples

“A more pertinent example of the morbid bibliotaph is recorded by Blades; this was the late Sir Thomas Phillipps, of Middle Hill, who acquired *bibliographical treasures simply to bury them*. He bought books by the library, crammed his mansion with them, and *never even saw what he had bought*.” Holbrook Jackson; The Anatomy of Bibliomania; University of Illinois Press; 2001.
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