bibliopegism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin bibliopegus (“bookbinder”) + -ism.

Noun

bibliopegism (uncountable)

1. (archaic, rare) Bookbinding.

   Synonyms: bibliopegia, bibliopegy

   • 1903 March, William Loring Andrews, “Vagaries of Book-collectors”, in The Lamp, volume XXVI (new series), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 109, column 1:

     Dibdin's Decameron, Nichol's Literary Anecdotes, and Beloe's Sexagenarian constitute our library of reference for the study of bibliopegism, in the days when "up rose Roger Payne like a star diffusing lustre on all sides, and rejoicing the hearts of all true sons of Bibliomania."