Obs. or arch. Book-learning, literary skill, literature: book-making, authorship.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., i. Boeþius … wæs in boccræftum … se rihtwisesta.
1621. B. Jonson, Gipsies Metamorph. Some book-craft you have, and are pretty well spoken.
1831. Scott, Ct. Robt., 17. The technical language of book-craft.
