bibliotheke

Noun

bibliotheque (plural bibliotheques)

1. (obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
   • Forſooth they haue chriſtned the book now by a new name. It muſt no lõger be called a Bibliotheque of holy Fathers; for, they haue diſſainted ſome 100. or two of thoſe auncient writers, and diſcarded many of the reſt, in euerie Tome ſome: It muſt now be called Bibliotheca Patrum, & veterum Authorum...1612, Thomas Iames, A Treatise of the Corruption of Scripture, Councels, and Fathers, by the Prelats, Pastors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome, for Maintenance of Popery and Irreligion. […]...
2. (obsolete) A library.
   • This invention of erecting libraries, eſpecially here at Rome, came from Aſinius Pollio, who by dedicating his Bibliotheque, containing all the books that ever were written, was the firſt that made the wits and workes of learned men, a publicke matter and a benefit to a Commonweale.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXV.] The Estimation and Account That Was Made of Images in Times Past, Represented by Lively Pictures.”, in Philemon Holland, transl....