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in·cu·na·ble

 (ĭn-kyo͞o′nə-bəl)
n.
An incunabulum.
[French, from New Latin incūnābulum; see incunabulum.]
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incunable

(ɪnˈkjuːnəbəl)
n
a less common singular form of incunabula
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in•cu•na•ble

(ɪnˈkyu nə bəl)

n.
a book from a collection of incunabula; incunabulum.
[1885–90; < French < Latin incūnābulum. See incunabula]
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There are over 6,000 volumes in the collection which also includes about 30 incunable (books printed before 1501).
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Mak describes how the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterand, where twenty-two manuscript and incunable versions of Buonaccorso's text are preserved, separates these versions according to their production, subject matter, language, and monetary value.
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