antiquarian bookshop (English)

...the general term for businesses that buy and sell used books. Also called secondhand bookstores, secondhand bookshops (booksellers) are known in English as secondhand books, and stores that specialize in classics and rare books are called antiquarian bookshops (booksellers). Generally, they are known as stores that sell well-read books at low prices, but secondhand bookstores that handle national treasure-class manuscripts and old editions have a wealth of bibliographical knowledge backed by experience, and often function as behind-the-scenes providers of information for authors and researchers. For example, the catalogs published by the British antiquarian bookstore Bernard Quaritch contain information that points out errors in existing bibliographies, and are attracting the attention of bibliographic researchers.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古本を営業として売買する業者の総称。古書店ともいい，英語ではsecondhand bookshop(bookseller)，古典籍や貴重本を専門とする店はantiquarian bookshop(bookseller)という。一般には読み古された本を安価で売る店として人々に親しまれているが，国宝級の写本や古版本を扱う古本屋は経験に裏打ちされた書誌的知識を豊富に有し，作家･研究者の陰の資料提供者として機能することも多く，たとえばイギリスの大古書店バーナード･クオリッチBernard Quaritch等の発行するカタログは，既成の書誌の誤りを指摘する情報を含み，書誌研究者に注目されるほどである。…

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