bibliophile

Example Sentences

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He was a Christian Zionist and bibliophile, who by all accounts knew the land of Israel better than many of the Jews who lived there.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

After a few years of joining the Kindle cult, I am back to my old bibliophile ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Carmen grew up devouring her opera-loving, bibliophile father’s books — he had a capacious library of the classics — and “in a Catholic bubble,” she told The Financial Times in 2020.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Through the late 1940s and mid-50s, this world-famous poet shared a suite of rooms with the witty, wheelchair-bound bibliophile John Hayward.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

Aldus had powerful supporters in these ventures, among them being Jean Grolier, the famous bibliophile, who for many years was resident in Italy as Treasurer of the Duchy of Milan.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)