Cunabula

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cunabula \Cu*nab"u*la\ (k[-u]*n[a^]b"[-u]*l[.a]), 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.
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     2. (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest
        printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th
        century.
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