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antiquarian:: | Spocien Dictionary
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antiquarian:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of antiquarian
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In real life, I thought I was lucky to have found my own antiquarian bookseller.
From the suntimes.com
The Roman emperor Claudius published antiquarian works, none of which is extant.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Governing requires deftness in stereo, if I may be permitted an antiquarian term.
From the post-gazette.com
Once upon a time I picked up a small book in a Winchester antiquarian bookshop.
From the guardian.co.uk
Call an appraiser or antiquarian bookseller to examine them and make an offer.
From the omaha.com
His books were lost first, as their antiquarian subjects became unfashionable.
From the en.wikipedia.org
And it is alive and bustling, not the deadened preserve of antiquarian shops.
From the couriermail.com.au
A former journalist, Pegler now lives in Midhurst and is an antiquarian bookseller.
From the theargus.co.uk
Its activities have suddenly become of considerably more than antiquarian interest.
From the time.com
- Antiquary: an expert or collector of antiquities
- (antiquarianism) Study or love of antiques; this sense is never pluralized; Study or love of antiquity; this sense is never pluralized; archaism
- (Antiquarianism) An interest in past events without reference to their importance or significance for the present; the reverse of presentism.
- (Antiquarians) Collectors of ancient things/precursors of archaeologists.
- Of old, rare books, or one who deals in them.
- Old and/or rare books, or a dealer of same.
- A term generally indicating a pre-20th-century collector of ancient artifacts before the development of scientific archaeology and the establishment of standards for excavating and preserving finds.
- Individuals, who during the 18th and 19th centuries, collected, dug up, or purchased antiquities unscientifically, usually for private gain, in contrast to the scientific archaeologist.
- Paper size of 31 inches x 53 inches or 79 centimeters x 135 centimeters.
