Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to bookbinding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Relating to the binding of books.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
bookbinding .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And there are two small volumes on the qualities of the modern book-binding leathers which the collector will do well to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest at the outset of his bibliopegic studies.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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In vivid contrast to these lovely specimens of the binder's art, are found innumerable bibliopegic horrors, on the shelves of countless libraries, public and private.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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We now have a two - volume first edition of Wilkie Collins's AFTER DARK (1856), which in appearance is rather close to a bibliopegic wreck; but pasted on the inside front covers are labels reading: From the Library of CHARLES DICKENS, Gadshill Place, June, 1870.
In The Queens' Parlour Queen, Ellery 1864
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