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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BIBLIOG'RAPHY, n. A history or description of books; the perusal of books, and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, and other information tending to illustrate the history of literature.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -phies) Etymology: probably from New Latin bibliographia, from Greek, the copying of books, from bibli- + -graphia -graphy Date: 1802 1. the history, identification, or description of writings or publications 2. a. a list often with descriptive or critical notes of writings relating to a particular subject, period, or author b. a list of works written by an author or printed by a publishing house 3. the works or a list of the works referred to in a text or consulted by the author in its production • bibliographic also bibliographical adjective • bibliographically adverb

Britannica Concise

Broadly, the systematic study and description of books. The word can refer to the listing of books according to some system (called descriptive, or enumerative, bibliography), to the study of books as tangible objects (called critical, or analytical, bibliography), or to the product of those activities. The purpose of bibliography is to organize information about materials on a given subject so that students of the subject may have access to it. A descriptive bibliography may take the form of information about a particular author's works or about works on a given subject or on a particular nation or period. Critical bibliography, which emerged in the early 20th cent., involves meticulous descriptions of the physical features of books, incl. the paper, binding, printing, typography, and production processes used, to help establish such facts as printing dates and authenticity.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usu. printed as an appendix. b a list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject, etc. 2 a the history or description of books, including authors, editions, etc. b any book containing such information. Derivatives: bibliographer n. bibliographic adj. bibliographical adj. bibliographically adv. bibliographize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: F bibliographie f. mod.L bibliographia f. Gk (as BIBLE, -GRAPHY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bibliography Bib`li*og"ra*phyn.; pl. Bibliographies. [Gr. ?: cf. F. bibliographie.] A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bibliographies) 1. A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject. At the end of this chapter there is a select bibliography of useful books. N-COUNT 2. A bibliography is a list of the books and articles that are referred to in a particular book. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. History of editions, history of publications. 2. Literature (of a given subject), pertinent or relevant literature.

Moby Thesaurus

Art Index, Baedeker, Bibliography Index, Books in Print, Cumulative Book Index, Education Index, National Union Catalog, Yellow Pages, acknowledgments, annotated bibliography, annual bibliography, back, back matter, backlist, bastard title, bibliogenesis, bibliogony, bibliography of bibliographies, bibliology, bibliopolism, body of knowledge, body of learning, book manufacturing, book production, bookcraft, bookmaking, bookselling, business directory, card catalog, catalog, catalogue raisonne, catch line, catchword, checklist, city directory, classified catalog, classified directory, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, critical bibliography, cyclopedia, dedication, directory, encyclopedia, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, file, filing system, finding list, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, guidebook, half-title page, handbook, handlist, head, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, itinerary, leaf, letter file, literature, lore, makeup, materials, page, periodical index, phone book, pigeonholes, preface, preliminaries, publications, recto, reference book, reverso, road map, roadbook, running title, signature, store of knowledge, subtitle, system of knowledge, table of contents, tail, telephone book, telephone directory, text, title, title page, treasury of information, trim size, type page, verso