bibliotheca

[ bib-lee-uh-thee-kuh ]

/ ˌbɪb li əˈθi kə /

a collection of books; a library.

a list of books, especially a bookseller's catalog.

Obsolete. the Bible.

Origin of bibliotheca

1820–25; < Latin: library, collection of books (Medieval Latin: Bible; compare Old English bibliothēce Bible) < Greek bibliothḗkē. See biblio-, theca

bib·li·o·the·cal, adjective

Lysander has not drawn too strong an outline in his picture of the Bibliotheca Wrightiana.

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness |Thomas Frognall Dibdin
We will now make handsome mention of the Bibliotheca Woodhousiana.

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness |Thomas Frognall Dibdin
So the list was kept, but the identifying title at the head of the list was crossed out except for its opening word Bibliotheca.

The Library of William Congreve |John C. Hodges
The most important authors have also appeared in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 |Various

Lists of books issued by a famous publisher are of course within the scope of the Bibliotheca bibliographica.

A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies |Archer Taylor

bibliotheca

/ (ˌbɪblɪəʊˈθiːkə) /

a library or collection of books

a printed catalogue compiled by a bibliographer

Latin: library, from Greek bibliothēkē, from biblio- + thēkē receptacle