incunable
/ɪnˈkjunəbəl/
noun
- A book, pamphlet, or other printed material that was produced before the year 1501, during the earliest period of printing in Europe.
- The library's rare book room contains several incunables from the 1470s.
- The museum displayed an incunable printed on vellum with hand-painted illustrations.
- Collectors pay high prices for well-preserved incunables like the Gutenberg Bible.