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I don't know from whence you got that short def'n; but it surely doesn't capture the "cutting" aspect; here's what I have for grangerism, which at least suggests nefandous acts. May 9, 2006 the worthless word for the day is: grangerism
[fr. James Granger who published a 'Biographical History of England', with blank leaves for the reception of engraved portraits or other pictorial illustrations of the text.] (cf. grangerize, to so illustrate) the practice of illustrating a book with engravings, prints, etc. cut from other books
"The only drawback to Grangerism is that it leads to the plunder and mutilation of valuable books for the enrichment and amplification of others. It is stated in the advertisement to the fifth edition of Granger's Biographical History of England, that at its first appearance the rage to illustrate it became so prevalent, that scarcely a copy of any work embellished with portraits could be found in an unmutilated state." - George Augustus Sala, Living London
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