The love of books; the quality or state of being a bibliophile; the passion for collecting and appreciating books.
From Greek biblio- (book) and -phily (love of, from philein 'to love'). This noun form directly expresses the core concept of loving books, used sometimes as an alternative to bibliophilism.
Bibliophily might be the purest form of literary passion—it's not about status or investment returns from rare books, but an almost spiritual connection to the physical object of books themselves.
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