Word: incunabula
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...tastes of students have altered appreciably within that time. In fact I know myself of one undergraduate who is now laying the foundation for a collection which gives rich promise for the future. His books range from first editions of Thomas Hardy through early Aldines and Elzevirs to Incunabula printed within fifteen years after the invention of the art. Many of the undergraduates whom I know, not content with what our American firms can offer, avail themselves of the richer field of English and continental book catalogues...