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Cunabula

Cu*nab"u*la\ (k?-n?b"?-l?), n. pl. [L., a cradle, earliest abode, fr. cunae cradle.]

1. The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.

2. (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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