[PW] Idle query

[FERGUSON Timothy]

Ah, but Grangerized, as I'm familiar with it, is when Granger's book is
bladed.  That is, it comes from the habit people had of chopping the
plates out of his books. 

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Winters, Murl
Sent: Friday, 3 August 2007 0:33
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Subject: Re: [PW] Idle query

Since nobody so far has mentioned the OED II, I looked it up (Vol. VI,
p.755).
"In 1769 James Granger published a 'Bibliographical History of England',
with blank leaves for the reception of engraved portraits or other
pictorial illustrations of the text. The filling up of a 'Granger'
became a favourite hobby, and afterwards other books were treated in the
same manner."
Murl Winters
Associate Library Director
Evangel University
Springfield, MO 65802

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:37 AM
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Subject: [PW] Idle query

On a recent visit to our local library, I noticed, and commented to a
Librarian, that an Atlas had apparently been grangerized.

She didn't know the word.

My idle curiosity asks ... how many Womb at ts know the word without having

to look it up?

Peter

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