antiquarian

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"He was looking for picturesque subjects which were very popular with an antiquarian market at the time," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Every book had a story on top of the story within of how I’d hunted it down in antiquarian bookstores big and small across the world, and later online.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The Civil Guard police force has also released an antiquarian suspected of having received the items, the court added.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

“On the Calculation of Volume,” Danish author Solvej Balle’s seven-volume opus, follows an antiquarian bookseller who gets stuck reliving the same mid-November day over and over again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

Arthur was the heart’s king of a chivalry which had reached its flower perhaps two hundred years before our antiquarian author began to work.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White