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bibliophilia
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thumb|The Bookworm (painting)|The Bookworm, 1850, by [[Carl Spitzweg]]
Bibliophilia is a passionate love of books, as depicted in Carl Spitzweg's 1850 painting "The Bookworm." It matters because it reflects how deeply some people value reading and book collecting as a meaningful part of their lives.
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Within Vinony's link graph, bibliophilia is referenced by 1,029 other articles, and connects out to book, International Standard Book Number and reading.
It is catalogued under topics including Antiquarian booksellers, Bibliophiles and Bibliophilia.
Its subject is documented across 58 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- philia
- Image
- Geyler.Narrenschyff.Büchernarr.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bibliophilia
- different from
- bibliomania
- Commons category
- Bibliophilia
- opposite of
- bibliophobia
- practiced by
- bibliophile
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- November 6
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thumb|The Bookworm (painting)|The Bookworm, 1850, by [[Carl Spitzweg]]
A bookworm or bibliophile is an individual who loves and frequently reads or collects books. Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bibliophilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.