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Definition of Incunabulum
1. n. A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
Definition of Incunabulum
1. Noun. A book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incunabulum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Incunabulum
Literary usage of Incunabulum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the English Paragraph by Edwin Herbert Lewis (1894)
"incunabulum, by Zell, Cologne. 28. c. 1470 AD St. Bernard. incunabulum, Strassburg.
29. ... A Latin incunabulum in the Newberry Library, Chicago. 38. ..."
2. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society by Bibliographical Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"AN incunabulum OF BRESCIA, HITHERTO ASCRIBED TO FLORENCE. Communicated ty RC
CHRISTIE. J'HE complaint made by Aldus of those ..."
3. Selected Essays and Papers of Richard Copley Christie by Richard Copley Christie (1902)
"1 AN incunabulum OF BRESCIA, HITHERTO ASCRIBED TO FLORENCE [Reprinted from
Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, vol. if. pp. 288-37. ..."
4. Manual of Practical Indexing by Archibald Leycester Clarke (1905)
"CHRISTIE (RC) An incunabulum of Brescia hitherto ascribed to Florence. ...
Greek : Printing of in Italy : incunabulum of Brescia (works of Politian, 1499), ..."
5. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America by Bibliographical Society of America (1922)
"therefore, to require in each incunabulum selected for purchase under the Wing
funds a ... An incunabulum may have a value for its historical features. ..."
6. The Library of Trinity College, Cambridge: Being an Introduction to the by Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library, Robert Sinker, Walter Thomas Rogers, Giuseppe Ottino (1891)
"The indication of the place where a book is printed, either with or without the
printer's name, and sometimes with the date. incunabulum,-aa (bib. ..."
7. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1901)
"... bibliophile, latiniste, et théologien — An incunabulum of Bresc hitherto
ascribed to Florence — The Relations of Church to State in respect of ..."
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