ˌbiblēˈägrəfē, -fi noun
( -es )
Etymology: probably from French bibliographie, probably from New Latin bibliographia, from biblio- + Latin -graphia -graphy, from Greek
1.
a. : the history, identification, or analytical and systematic description or classification of writings or publications considered as material objects
b. : the investigation or determination of the relationships of varying texts or multiple editions of a single work or a related group of works — called also analytic bibliography, descriptive bibliography
2. : a list or catalog, often with descriptive or critical notes, of writings relating to a particular subject, period, or author
a bibliography of modern poetry
a bibliography of the 17th century
also : a list of works written by an author or printed by a publishing house
the bibliography of Walt Whitman
a publisher's bibliography
3. : a list of the source material (as books and articles) used in the preparation of a work or referred to in the text
a book with a bibliography of over 400 items
4. : the study of bibliography or bibliographic methods
an intensive course in bibliography