bibliopoesy

bibliopoesy noun: the making of books.

Noun

bibliopoesy (uncountable)

(literary, rare) The making of books.
- Bibliopoly, bibliopoesy, in all their branches, are sick, sick, hastening to death and new genesis.1882, James Anthony Froude, “A.D. 1832. Æt. 37.”, in Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795–1835 […], volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 310
- The book sciences (Bibliology) may be divided into: 1. Bibliography, or book description; 2. Bibliopoesy, or making of books; 3. Bibliopoly, or distribution of books; 4. Bibliochresis, or the theory of book use; 5. Bibliothecology, or the gathering of books into libraries and their public use....1893 November, E. C. Richardson, “Summaries of Papers Read Before Scientific Societies. Library Science and Other Sciences.”, in The Princeton College Bulletin: A Quarterly Record Edited by the...

The illustrations, in Mr. [Howard Chandler] Christy’s well-known style, are in colors, and add not a little to the merits of the volume as a fine example of bibliopoesy.1903 March 25, “Books of the Day; A Biography of William Ellery Channing; More Stories of the Day—The Anatomy of Cheerfulness—Sally...
It is all extremely crude, yet it furnishes evidence that the faithful are endeavoring to prevent bibliopoesy from becoming an obsolete art in San Francisco.1909 July 15, “Bets Taken Amid Church Volumes; Religious “Book Store” Cloak for Poolroom for Those Who “Play Ponies.” Booklover Has Shock...
This has led me to a new appreciation of bibliopoesy, the making of books, and bibliopegy, bookbinding as a fine art.2010, Pradeep Sebastian, “The Browser’s Ecstasy”, in The Groaning Shelf and Other Instances of Book Love, Hachette India, published 2011...

From biblio- (“book”), from Ancient Greek βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on), and ποίησις (poíēsis, “creation, production”; compare the suffix -poiesis, -poesis).

What does bibliopoesy mean?: Bibliopoesy means the making of books.
How do you use bibliopoesy in a sentence?: The illustrations, in Mr. [Howard Chandler] Christy’s well-known style, are in colors, and add not a little to the merits of the volume as a fine example of bibliopoesy.
What part of speech is bibliopoesy?: Bibliopoesy is a noun.

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