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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bibliography \Bib`li*og"ra*phy\ (b[i^]b`l[i^]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^])
n.; pl. {Bibliographies}. [Gr. bibliografi`a: cf. F.
bibliographie.]
1. a history or description of books and manuscripts, with
notices of the different editions, the times when they
were printed, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. a list of books or other printed works having some common
theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher.
[PJC]
3. a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished)
sources of information referred to in a scholarly
discourse or other text, or used as reference materials
for its preparation.
[PJC]
4. the branch of library science dealing with the history and
classification of books and other published materials.
[PJC] Bibliolater