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incunable

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[in-kyoo-nuh-buhl] / ɪnˈkju nə bəl /

noun

  1. a book constituting part of a collection of incunabula.


Etymology

Origin of incunable

1885–90; < French < Latin incūnābulum. See incunabula


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“Artists we’ve never heard. This is like the incunable of books. For the most part gone. Not to be found. It’s not out there.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2018

What constitutes a true incunable cannot be defined in a sentence.

From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

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