bibliomania
Excessive collector's disorder
Bibliomania is an obsessive enthusiasm for collecting books, often beyond any practical use for them.
The bibliomaniac accumulates volumes compulsively—buying duplicates, hoarding rare editions, filling rooms with unread acquisitions: His bibliomania left no space for furniture.
The term suggests excess rather than mere love of reading.
Scholar of old artifacts
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- first editionsOriginal printing runs
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
cataloging · hoarding · accumulation · provenance · bookplates · ex libris · binding · colophon
Irresistible urge to act
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- monomaniaFixation on single idea
preoccupation · hoarding · craving · infatuation · passion · frenzy · zeal · idée fixe
Amounts or books
- tomesLarge academic books
- foliosNumbered manuscript pages
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- codicesBound handwritten volumes
quartos · octavos · hardcovers · paperbacks · editions · printings · gilt-edged · illuminated
Absence of organization
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- impulse controlRegulating sudden urges
- pathologicalRelating to disease processes
behavioral addiction · DSM · hoarding disorder · anxiety · treatment · therapy · intervention · self-help
antiquarian
Scholar of old artifacts
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- first editionsOriginal printing runs
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
acquisitions · cataloging · hoarding · accumulation · provenance · bookplates · ex libris · binding · colophon · marginalia
compulsion
Irresistible urge to act
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
monomania · preoccupation · hoarding · craving · infatuation · passion · frenzy · zeal · idée fixe · engrossment
volumes
Amounts or books
- tomesLarge academic books
- foliosNumbered manuscript pages
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
codices · quartos · octavos · hardcovers · paperbacks · editions · printings · gilt-edged · illuminated · signed copies
disorder
Absence of organization
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- impulse controlRegulating sudden urges
pathological · behavioral addiction · DSM · hoarding disorder · anxiety · treatment · therapy · intervention · self-help · obsessive-compulsive
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- book collectingbibliophiles, first editions, rare books, first edition, antiquarian
- Maniasdipsomania, egomania, erotomania, kleptomania, megalomania
- book tradebook dealers, bookselling, bookseller, publisher, bookshops
- literary librariesforbidden books, rare books, secret archives, hidden knowledge, ancient texts