[f. BIBLIO- + Gr. μανία madness, after F. bibliomanie.] A rage for collecting and possessing books.
[1750. Chesterf., Lett., 220, II. 348. Beware of the Bibliomanie.]
1809. Dibdin (title), Bibliomania, or Book-madness; containing some account of the history, symptoms, and cure of this fatal disease.
1835. T. Hook, G. Gurney (1850), II. i. 153. The bibliomania which appeared to engross my friend.
