bibliopolism
English edit
Etymology edit
bibliopole + -ism
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪblɪˈəʊpəlɪz(ə)m/
Noun edit
bibliopolism (uncountable)
- (rare) bookselling
- 1886 [1814], Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited by Thomas J. Wise, Review of Hogg's 'Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff', London: Reeves and Turner, page 16:
- The author re[f]rains perhaps from introducing his production to the world with all the pomp of empirical bibliopolism.