What is an incunable (library item)?

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1

In “Lords and Ladies” the librarian–Oook!–resisted travel to Lancre until he was told that the library there had “incunables.” Huh?

2

Incunabula. An early book.

3

Incunable.

Hope that helps! :smiley:

More seriously:

So, really old books, basically.

4

Comes from the term for a cradle-- it’s the “infancy” of printing specifically (not manuscripts). So stuff generally from1425-1475 or 1500.