Bibliolater

/ˌbɪbliˈɒlətər/ noun

A person who worships or excessively reveres books as sacred or supremely important objects.

From biblio- (Greek biblion 'book') + -later (Greek latres 'worshipper'). A 19th-century term that emerged alongside religiously-motivated book collecting and bibliographic scholarship.

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