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- noun Plural form of
incunable .
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Examples
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The library contains a valuable collection of manuscripts, explained in a printed 4to volume, several rare incunables, and above 4000 vols., for which there is not sufficient accommodation.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Addison Van Name
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Among its more remarkable manuscripts are Anglo-Saxon writings of the tenth century, illuminated "Heures" of the fifteenth century, the "M.ssel" of Georges d'Amboise; there are also several "incunables d'imprimerie de Rouen," and other rare works; by the help of M. Noël, M. Beaurain, and their capable assistants, no student of civic or departmental history can fail to find all he desires.
The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897
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Areas of exceptional strength include incunables, early children's books, fine bindings, and illustrated books.
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Back at the Ritz, with his plunder unloaded from his wheelchair onto the bed, he told his dealer friend Christopher Gibbs, "Tomorrow, musical instruments, women's clothes and incunables!"
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Areas of exceptional strength include incunables, early children's books, fine bindings, and illustrated books.
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Areas of exceptional strength include incunables, early children's books, fine bindings, and illustrated books.
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Areas of exceptional strength include incunables, early children's books, fine bindings, and illustrated books.
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Areas of strength include incunables, early children’s books, fine bindings, and illustrated books.
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Areas of strength include incunables, early children’s books, fine bindings, and illustrated books.
Audio Interview with John Bidwell, Curator of Printed Books and Bindings, Pierpont Morgan Library, 2009
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