Answer: incunabula

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INCUNABULAEarliest stages
INCUNABULABooks printed before 1500 A.D.
INCUNABULABooks printed before 1500.
INCUNABULABooks printed before 1501
incunabulaEarly printed books, esp. those printed before 1501
incunabulaThe early stages of the development of something
incunabulaINCUNABULUM, (Latin) a book printed from movable type before 1501 also INCUNABLE
incunabulathe earliest stages or first traces of anything.