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Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
One essay told of how Wilfrid Voynich remade himself from a Polish revolutionary into a charming New York antiquarian.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2024
This made the taking of notes seem hopelessly antiquarian.
—Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Noun
In the house’s eaves, where Sheraton and her husband kept cozy twin offices, the books awaited Slotnick, who specializes in out-of-print and antiquarian titles, and who’d been given first dibs.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
One essay told of how Wilfrid Voynich remade himself from a Polish revolutionary into a charming New York antiquarian.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
Adjective
The festival will feature a wide variety of vendors selling books of all kinds: used, rare, antiquarian, unusual, ephemera, and more.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2024
This made the taking of notes seem hopelessly antiquarian.
—Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Antiquarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiquarian. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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antiquarian
1 of 2 noun
an·ti·quar·i·an
ˌant-ə-ˈkwer-ē-ən 
antiquarian
2 of 2 adjective
: of or relating to antiquaries or antiquities
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