Definition of "biblioclast" []

• A mutilator or destroyer of books. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Two interesting types of maniac are known respectively as the bibliotaph and the biblioclast."
• "A biblioclast is one who indulges himself in the questionable pleasure of mutilating books in order more sumptuously to fit out a particular volume."
• "Mr. Blades, in his work _The Enemies of Books_, accuses him of being 'a wicked old biblioclast who went about the country, from library to library, tearing away title-pages from rare books of all sizes '; and Dr. Dibdin in"