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Emma  Smith

“Bibliomania’ was typically characterized by an immoderate, even ruinous attachment to books acquired through purchase or theft, with a strong suggestion that these books were to serve an inert and possessive collection, rather than for reading or other direct use.”

Emma Smith, Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
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