bibliopolism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bɪblɪˈəʊpəlɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From bibliopole + -ism.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) bookselling
The author re[f]rains perhaps from introducing his production to the world with all the pomp of empirical bibliopolism.
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: