In The Book Hunter (1863), John Hill Burton identifies five types of "persons who meddle with books": "A bibliognoste, from the Greek, is one knowing in title-pages and colophons, and in editions; the place and year when printed; the pre… Read on blog or Reader Travel Between The Pages Read on blog or Reader Bibliolyte, destroyer of books By Brian D. Butler on August 24, 2024 In The Book Hunter (1863), John Hill Burton identifies five types of "persons who meddle with books": "A bibliognoste, from the Greek, is one knowing in title-pages and colophons, and in editions; the place and year when printed; the presses whence issued; and all the minutiae of a book." "A bibliographe is a describer of books and other literary arrangements." "A bibliomane is an indiscriminate accumulator, who blunders faster than he buys, cock-brained and purse-heavy." "A bibliophile, the lover of books, is the only one in the class who appears to read them for his own pleasure." "A bibliotaphe buries his books, by keeping them under lock, or framing them in glass cases." These groups seem to have been proposed by French librarian Jean Joseph Rive. Bibliographer Gabriel Peignot added four more: bibliolyte, a destroyer of books bibliologue, one who discourses about books bibliotacte, a classifier of books bibliopée, "'l'art d'écrire ou de composer des livres,' or, as the unlearned would say, the function of an author." Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment.

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