bibliognost
(ˈbɪblɪəˌgnəʊst, -ɒst, -ɔː-)
[a. F. bibliognoste, f. biblio- + Gr. γνώστης one who knows.]
One who knows books and bibliography. Hence bibliognostic a.
| a 1824 D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1839) III. 343 A bibliognoste..is one knowing in title-pages and colophons..and all the minutiæ of a book. 1863 Sat. Rev. 505 A priggish bibliognostic air. |