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incunable

Genre of publication, book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe

EntityQ216665

Also known as incunabulum · incunabula · fifteener

Subclass of: printed matter
, broadside ballad
, pamphlet
+2 more

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An incunable or incunabulum is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. The specific date is essentially arbitrary, but the number of printed book editions exploded in the following century, so that all incunabula, produced before the printing press became widespread in Europe, are rare, where even some early 16th-century books are relatively common.

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Location of creation: Europe
Has list: list of printers of incunabula
Studied by: incunabula studies
Native label: incunabula

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