bibliophile

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Best known for his diaries, the tailor's son was also a bibliophile who bequeathed his large library to the University of Cambridge's Magdalene College.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

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

Francesco, a dashing young Italian bibliophile, knew Pablo Picasso and showed the painter Pamela’s pictures at dinner one night at the Bianco apartment.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

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

Beckford is for most people only the author of ‘Vathek’; it is only the bibliophile who troubles himself about ‘Azemia’ or ‘The Elegant Enthusiast.’

From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by Adams, William Davenport