antiquariat

noun

Etymology

From German Antiquariat.

  1. borrowed from Antiquariat

Definitions

  1. An antiquarian bookshop.

    • IT WAS APPARENT TO ME IN 1921, AGAIN in 1924 and increasingly so on my recent study-tour in a half-dozen European countries that the so-called culture of Europe is in the museums and in the antiquariats.
    • My interest in the acquisition of rare books strongly competed with my interest in research. There were so many auctions, secondhand bookstores, antiquariats, and libraries to go to.

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