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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1664|origins=grc βιβλιογραφία}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-new|bibliographia|t=writing of books; description of books]], recorded in Latin from 1552,^(OED 2026)^(MW Collegiate) or directly [[der|grc|βιβλιογραφία|tr=bibliographía|t=the writing of books]],^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|grc|βιβλίον|tr=biblíon|t=book]] and [[m|grc|-γραφία|tr=-graphía|t=writing]], from [[m|grc|γράφω|tr=gráphō|t=to write]].^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)^(Barnhart 1988) The French [[m|fr|bibliographie]], recorded in 1633, may have influenced it.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The writing or copying of books: 1664, in J. Winter's ''Spicilegium''; this sense was obsolete by 1678.^(OED 2026) Etymonline also dates it to the 1670s,^(Etymonline) Barnhart gives 1678 for a list of books,^(Barnhart 1988) and Merriam-Webster's Unabridged 1689.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A book describing other books, their authors, printing and editions, is recorded from 1691, and the study of books as a discipline from 1715,^(OED 2026) though Etymonline dates that sense to 1803 and Merriam-Webster to 1802.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The list of publications by one author or printer, or on one subject, appears in 1775,^(OED 2026) or by 1814 according to Etymonline,^(Etymonline) and the list of sources at the end of a scholarly work in 1878.^(OED 2026) ''Bibliographer'' is older than ''bibliography'' itself, from 1656.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1656 – ''bibliographer''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1664 – the writing of books (obsolete).^(OED 2026)

+ * 1691 – a book describing books.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1715 – the study of books.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1775 – a list of publications on a subject or by an author.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1878 – a list of the sources of a scholarly work.^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A list of [[book|alt=books]] and articles on a particular subject.^(AHD 2024)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A list of the sources an author used or consulted, usually printed at the end of a work.^(AHD 2024)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A list of the works of one author or [[publisher]].^(AHD 2024)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The study and description of books as physical objects: their authorship, editions, dates and [[typography]].^(AHD 2024)^(MWU 2024)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bibliographical]]

+ * [[bibliographically]]

+ * [[bibliographer]]

+ * [[bio-bibliography]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bibliology]]

+ * [[Bible]]

+ * [[graphic]]

+ * [[biography]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}