[f. BIBLIO- + Gr. κλέπτης thief.] A book-thief. Bibliokleptomaniac, a book-thief regarded as insane.
1872. Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, 29 Jan., 8/1. Making further search for some of the books taken by the Rev. Morgan, the Biblio-kleptomaniac, who was arrested some days before.
1881. Athenæum, 25 June, 842/3. Besides the direct biblioklept there is the indirect thief, who borrows and never returns the book.
1881. A. Lang, Library, 53. Catherine de Medici … was a biblioklept. Ibid., 46. A great Parisian bookseller who had an amiable weakness. He was a bibliokleptomaniac.
