bibliographer

[ bib-lee-og-ruh-fer ]

noun

1. an expert in bibliography.
2. a person who compiles bibliographies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibliographer¹

1650–60; < Greek bibliográph ( os ) book-writer ( biblio-, -graph ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Two of this volume’s other essays closely consider the value of association copies — that is, copies with a noteworthy provenance — and the principles that guide a bibliographer.

From Washington Post

Throughout, Tanselle emphasizes the bibliographer’s paramount obligation to study and compare multiple copies of any book before drawing conclusions about its makeup or publication history.

From Washington Post

By the nineteen-sixties, many of the letters are responses to queries and fan mail, clarifications for curious readers and bibliographers and producers of academic studies.

From The New Yorker

Kells goes on a quest through the oddly perverse world of booksellers and bibliographers, in search of Shakespeare’s own tomes.

From New York Times

New scientific methods are a welcome addition to the bibliographer’s tool kit, and they should encourage all of us to look more closely, and critically, at books, and all texts, as objects.

From The New Yorker