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Was America known in the Fifth Century, as is now said, in the Bibliothetical Circles of Germany, on the Authority of Chinese Writings?

1851, Henry R[owe] Schoolcraft, “Appendix. Inquiries, Respecting the History, Present Condition and Future Prospects, of the Indian Tribes of the United States.”, in Historical and Statistical Information, Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Collected and Prepared under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, per Act of Congress of March 3d, 1847, part I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, page 561

The Memnonium is said to have been built about the time of Moses (b.c. 1571); over the entrance gateway to the library was inscribed, ‘Remedy, or Balsam for Souls.’ Over the mouldering door which led to the bibliothetical repository, Champollion read, written over the heads of Thoth and Safkh (who were the male and female deities of arts, sciences, and literature), the remarkably appropriate titles of ‘President of the Library,’ and ‘Lady of Letters.’

1851, John Kitto, editor, The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, 10th edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Mark H. Newman & Co., page 973

The Library Journal is not only the official organ of the American Library Association, but its volumes form the best bibliothetical library in any language.

1899 March, Anne Wallace, “Libraries”, in The School Review, page 184

A library association whose object as set forth in its charter is the promotion of “library interests of the country be exchanging views, reaching conclusions, and inducing cooperation in all departments of bibliothetical science and economy,” etc., and whose charter and by-laws indicate and whose secretary declares that it is not a money-making organization, is a “professional society” within the terms of the act of July 16, 1894; and its publications should be admitted to the second-class mailing privileges extended by such act.

1906 March 13, Official Opinions of the Assistant Attorneys-General for the Post-Office Department from October 25, 1905, to June 26, 1908; Numbers from 1356 to 1600, Inclusive, volume IV, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1909, pages 102–103

It is significant that so much of A rebours is a lapidary, a “florilegium,” bibliothetical description;[…]

1970 December, Lee Fontanella, “Parnassian Precept and a New Way of Seeing Casal’s Museo ideal”, in Comparative Literature Studies, volume 7, number 4, page 469