incunabula

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A book which was printed before 1500 AD, in the dawn of publishing
plural of incunabulum
{i} first stages in the development of anything; books from the early days of printing (especially those printed before 1500)
incunabulum
A book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe

Something about him reminded me of one of those figures from old-fashioned playing cards or the sort used by fortune-tellers, a print straight from the pages of an incunabulum: his presence was both funereal and incandescent, like a curse dressed in its Sunday best.

incunabulum
A book, single sheet, or image that was printed - not handwritten - before the year 1501 in Europe
incunabulum
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a
incunabulum
Book printed before 1501. The date, though convenient, is arbitrary and unconnected to any development in the printing art. The term was probably first applied to early printing in general 1650. The total number of editions produced by 15th-century European presses is generally estimated at above 35,000, excluding ephemeral literature (e.g., single sheets, ballads, and devotional tracts) that is now lost or exists only in fragments in places such as binding linings
incunabulum
{i} first stage in the development of anything; books from the early days of printing (especially those printed before 1500)
incunabula
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