[f. BIBLIO- + -LOGY, Gr. -λογία discourse.] a. Scientific description of books, book-lore; bibliography. b. ‘Biblical literature, doctrine, or theology’ (Worcester, 1859). Bibliological a. [f. prec. + -ICAL], of or pertaining to bibliology. Bibliologist [see -IST], a professed student of bibliology.
1807. Southey, Life (1850), III. 108. There is a sort of title-page and colophon knowledge—in one word, bibliology. Ibid., Lett. (1856), II. 34. ‘Prince Arthur’ … in which I design to give the whole bibliology of the Round Table. Ibid. (1843), Doctor, Interch. xviii. (D.). Careful investigation by the most eminent bibliologists.
