Editing Bookworm (section)

==History==
According to Arthur H. Minters, the "private collecting of books was a fashion indulged in by many [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], including [[Cicero]] and [[Titus Pomponius Atticus|Atticus]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Collecting Books for Fun and Profit|last=Minters|first=Arthur H.|location=New York|publisher=Arco Publishing Inc.|year=1979|isbn=0-668-04598-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/collectingbooksf0000mint
}}</ref> The term ''bibliophile'' entered the [[English language]] in 1820.<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|bibliophile|accessdate=2022-07-01}}</ref> A bibliophile is to be distinguished from the much older notion of a bookman (which dates back to 1583), who is one who loves books, and especially [[Reading (process)|reading]]; more generally, a bookman is one who participates in writing, publishing, or selling books.<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|bookman|accessdate=2022-07-01}}</ref>

[[George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer|Lord Spencer]] and the [[George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough|Marquess of Blandford]] were noted bibliophiles. "The [[John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe|Roxburghe]] sale quickly became a foundational myth for the burgeoning secondhand book trade, and remains so to this day"; this sale is memorable due to the competition between "Lord Spencer and the marquis of Blandford [which] drove [the price of a probable first edition of Boccaccio's ''[[Decameron]]'' up to the astonishing and unprecedented sum of £2,260".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Connell|first=Philip|title=Book Collecting: Cultural Politics, and the Rise of Literary Heritage in Romantic Britain|journal=Representations|year=2000|volume=71|pages=24–47|doi=10.1525/rep.2000.71.1.01p00764}}</ref> [[J. P. Morgan]] was also a noted bibliophile. In 1884, he paid $24,750 ($772,130.92, adjusted for inflation for 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Inflation Calculator |url=https://westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi?money=24750&first=1884&final=2021 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=westegg.com}}</ref> for a 1459 edition of the [[Mainz Psalter]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Basbanes|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas A. Basbanes|title=[[A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books]]|year=1995|publisher=Henry Holt|location=New York}}</ref>