53. Books
See also 29. AUTHORS ; 43. BIBLE ; 256. MANUSCRIPTS ; 328. PRINTING ; 346. READING .
- abridgment, abridgement
- a shortened or condensed form of a book, article, etc.
- addendum
- a supplement or appendix added to a book or other written work.
- adversaria
- 1. a commonplace book.
- 2. a miscellany, in published or other collected form.
- bibliogenesis
- bibliogony. — bibliogenetic , adj.
- bibliognost
- a person who possesses an encyclopedie knowledge of books and bibliography. — bibliognostic , adj.
- bibliogony
- the making of books; book production. Also bibliogenesis .
- bibliography
- 1. the science that studies the history of books, noting their physical description, publication, and editions.
- 2. a list of books on a particular subject or by a particular author.
- 3. a list of source materials used or consulted in the preparation of a work or referred to in the text. — bibliographer , n . — bibliographic, bibliographical , adj.
- bibliokleptomania
- an abnormal compulsion to steal books. Cf. bibliomania . — biblioklept , n .
- bibliolater, bibliolatrist
- a person who is excessively fond of books. See also 43. BIBLE .
- bibliolatry
- the worship of books, especially the Bible.
- bibliology
- 1. the history of books; bibliography.
- 2. the study of the doctrines of the Bible. — bibliologist , n.
- bibliomancy
- a form of divination using books, especially the Bible, in which passages are chosen at random and the future foretold from them.
- bibliomania
- an excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books. — bibliomaniac , n. — bibliomaniacal , adj.
- bibliopegy
- the art of binding books. — bibliopegist , n . — bibliopegic . adj.
- bibliophage
- a bookworm (literally, ’bookeater’). — bibliophagy , n. — bibliophagous , adj.
- bibliophilism, bibliophily
- a love for books, especially for first or fine editions. — bibliophile, bibliophilist , n. — bibliophilic , adj.
- bibliophobe
- a person who fears and distrusts books.
- bibliophobia
- an abnormal dislike for books.
- bibliopolism, bibliopoly
- the selling of books, especially rare or secondhand volumes. — bibliopole , bibliopolist , n. — bibliopolic , adj.
- bibliotaphy
- the hoarding or hiding of books, often under lock and key. — bibliotaph . n. — bibliotaphic , adj.
- bibliothecary
- a librarian.
- bibliotherapy
- the therapeutic use of reading material in the treatment of nervous diseases. — bibliotherapist , n . — bibliotherapeutic , adj.
- breviary
- Catholicism. a book containing the prayers, lessons, etc., needed by a priest for the reading of his daily office.
- chartulary, cartulary
- 1. a book containing charters.
- 2. the official in charge of such a book.
- collectanea
- a miscellany of passages from an author or authors, sometimes assembled for teaching purposes.
- colophon
- 1. an inscription, formerly at the end of a book but now usually on the title page, with information about the book’s publication and production.
- 2. an ornamental device or printer’s or publisher’s trademark.
- cyclopedia, cyclopaedia
- encyclopedia. — cyclopedist, cyclopaedist , n . — cyclopedic, cyclopaedic , adj.
- delectus
- a book of passages from Greek and Latin authors, used for study.
- desiderata
- a list of books sought by a collector or library.
- diaskeuasis
- the process of revision or editing books or other written material. — diaskeuast , n.
- doublure
- the lining of the covers of a book, often decorated, as with marbled papers, gold tooiing at the edges, etc.
- emargination
- the state of being notched at the edge or the process of notching at the edge, as some leaves or the page of a book, particularly a reference work with thumbindexing.
- enchiridion
- a handbook or manual.
- encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
- a book or set of books containing detailed knowledge and information about a variety of fxelds or subfields; an exhaustive work of learning 01 knowledge. Also called cyclopedia, cyclopaedia . — encyclopedist, encyclopaedist , n. — encyclopedie, encyclopaedic, encyclopedical, encyclopaedical, adj.
- etymologicon
- a book of etymologies; any treatise on the derivation of words.
- exordium
- the beginning or introductory part of a book or other printed work, or of a discourse.
- fascicle
- an installment of a book or journal that is published in parts.
- foliation
- the numbering of leaves in a book, rather than pages.
- formulary
- any book of prescribed forms, as prayers, oaths, etc. See also 130. DRUGS .
- grangerism
- 1. the augmentation of the illustrative material in a book by prints, sketches, and engravings not found in the original edition.
- 2. the mutilation of books to acquire extra illustrative materials. — grangerize , v.
- incunabulum
- any of the rare, early examples of movabletype editions printed in the last part of the 15th century, as Caxton’s editions of Chaucer and Malory. — incunabula, n. pl. — incunabulist, n. — incunabular , adj.
- limner
- Archaic. a book illustrator or one who illuminates manuscripts.
- marginalia
- notes written in the margins of a book, as by a student.
- miscellanea, miscellany
- a varied collection, particularly a collection of literary works, extracts, fragments, etc., in book form. — miscellaneous , adj.
- monograph
- a book, treatise, or other written work of a scholarly nature dealing with one specific subject. Also, Rare. monography. — monographer , n . — monographic, monographical , adj.
- nomenclator
- Obsolete, a list or glossary, arranged alphabetically, of the terms or words particular to any art or science or other special field or subject. Also nomenclature . See also 83. CLASSIFICATION ; 288. NAMES .
- pagination
- 1. the process of numbering the pages of a book.
- 2. the number and arrangement of pages, as might be noted in a bookseller’s catalogue.
- palimpsest
- a piece of parchment or vellum from which earlier writing has been erased or scraped off to allow for reuse. — palimpsestic , adj.
- paralipomena
- a supplement to a book or other work containing material previously omitted.
- peerage
- a list or directory of peers, usually with genealogies, as Burke’s Peerage.
- philobiblist
- a lover of books; bibliophile.
- photobibliography
- the use of photography as an aid to book description.
- polyglot
- a book written in several languages. See also 236. LANGUAGE . — polyglot, polyglottic, polyglottous , adj.
- proem, proemium
- a preface, preamble, or brief introduction, as to a book or other work.
- prolegomenon
- a preliminary rem ark or introduction, as to a speech; the foreword to a book or treatise. — prolegomenary , prolegomenous , adj.
- redaction .
- 1. the preparation of a work for publication, as by editing or revising.
- 2. a work so treated, an edited version. — redactor , n. — redactorial, adj.
- rubric
- in the early days of printing, a capital letter, group of words, etc., printed in red or in decorative lettering; hence, a heading, title, or subtitle in a book or other printed work. — rubric , adj. — rubricator , n.
- scholium
- a marginal note or comment, especially in an appendix, providing explanation of a Greek or Latin text. Also scholy . — scholiast , n.
- variorum
- a work containing all available versions and variants of a text to enable scholars to compare them and study the development of the work. — variorum , adj.
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