Incunabula in Our New Book Historical Landscape

What is it about?

The article is an overview of the ways in which the study of the very earliest printed books - one printed before 1500, generally called incunabula - have developed in the context of book historical studies more widely.

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Why is it important?

It challenges the long-held view that 15th-century books are in some way different, more worthy of study, than ones printed after that. It suggests that we should abandon our traditional special focus on these books.