A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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incunabula
A word derived from the latin word incunabulum, meaning cradle or beginning. Generally speaking the term is used to denote the first printed books although incunabula specifically refers to books printed before 1500. There are various types of incunabula, xylographic incunabula being distinct from typoqraphic incunabula. By extension one may also speak of lithographic incunabula and photographic incunabula when refering to the first results of these reproductive techniques.
[wood, typography).
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