bibliographer
noun
bib·li·og·ra·pher
ˌbi-blē-ˈä-grə-fər 
1
: an expert in bibliography
2
: a compiler of bibliographies
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Most of these items lack an imprint and were only ascribed to Franklin, or Franklin and Hall (that is, David Hall, Franklin’s business partner starting around 1748), by the meticulous study of account books and ledgers by Franklin’s pre-eminent bibliographer, C. William Miller.
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Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Parker points to András Riedlmayer, who retired last year from his post as a bibliographer in Islamic art and architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library, as a personal inspiration.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2022
With Pound’s encouragement, Barnard relocated to New York City in the depths of the Great Depression, finding temporary work as Aldous Huxley’s bibliographer.
—oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2021
By the nineteen-sixties, many of the letters are responses to queries and fan mail, clarifications for curious readers and bibliographers and producers of academic studies.
—Kevin Young, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
Those items made the trip from California to Indiana in 2013 in a 53-foot moving van that also included a cache of Bradbury’s typescripts and other documents donated by his long-time friend and principal bibliographer, Donn Albright.
—Rick Callahan, Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2018
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Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Parker points to András Riedlmayer, who retired last year from his post as a bibliographer in Islamic art and architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library, as a personal inspiration.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2022
With Pound’s encouragement, Barnard relocated to New York City in the depths of the Great Depression, finding temporary work as Aldous Huxley’s bibliographer.
—oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2021
By the nineteen-sixties, many of the letters are responses to queries and fan mail, clarifications for curious readers and bibliographers and producers of academic studies.
—Kevin Young, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
Those items made the trip from California to Indiana in 2013 in a 53-foot moving van that also included a cache of Bradbury’s typescripts and other documents donated by his long-time friend and principal bibliographer, Donn Albright.
—Rick Callahan, Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2018
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“Bibliographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bibliographer. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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