bibliography
/ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfi
/noun (plural bibliographies)
1A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.The extensive bibliography refers to books, periodicals and theses, government and media materials, and websites....
- The book also includes a short glossary, a thorough bibliography, and seven appendices.
- Useful appendices and an extensive bibliography add to the book's reference value.
1.1A list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject: a bibliography of his publications...
- The books also contain substantial bibliographies of the authors' works and critics' commentaries on their works.
- In 1975 I published a critical bibliography of books and articles in English about Westerns.
- The book includes an exhaustive bibliography on the subject, which researchers will find helpful.
1.2 [mass noun] The history or systematic description of books, their authorship, printing, publication, editions, etc.For essays on the perspectives of history, literature, bibliography, and cultural studies, see Where is Book History?...
- Taken together, the books make a brilliant contribution to the burgeoning, early modern fields of bibliography and book culture.
- Consistency in bibliography can throw up strange results.
Derivatives
bibliographer
/ noun ...- The descriptive bibliographer will, typically, describe the title page of a book or a musical edition, including such elements as printed borders and other decorative devices, typography, and content.
- He was a very scholarly bibliographer, with a remarkable flair for collecting valuable first editions; when really desperate he would sell some of these to stave off poverty.
- Collection development librarians and bibliographers work with departmental faculty in order to assure that collections reflect institutional research and teaching priorities.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French bibliographie or modern Latin bibliographia, from Greek biblion 'book' + -graphia 'writing'.