Grangerisation

/ˌɡreɪndʒərɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun

Definition

The process of mutilating printed books or manuscripts by cutting out pictures and pasting them into a collection album; named after James Granger.

Etymology

From 'Granger' (a 17th-century clergyman who compiled extracts) + '-isation' (British spelling of -ization). Granger created a blank volume for collecting illustrations from other books.

Kelly Says

Grangerising was so popular in Victorian times that it became a actual problem—librarians and bibliophiles were horrified that people were destroying valuable books to make scrapbooks of images!

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