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incunabula

Books printed before 1501 (in the early days of the printing press);
artifacts of an early period or epoch

Sightings:

Pre-industrial shop talk
(explore for handouts on bookmaking)

Not without illumination

Swaddling bands and an opium eater

Where they're at

A hundred highlights
(explore for illustrations)

Hebraica through the ages

The immature web

Restoring books at old Wazzu
(explore for illustrations of preservation techniques)

In ancient times, when FORTRAN and Univac roamed the earth . . .

Rare and special in Florida
(explore for early manuscript illustrations)

Damage control

Epiphany in a science museum

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