Incunabula page. 15th Century.

00461. R750. Incunabula page. 15^th Century. 3 colour, movable type printing with woodblock capitals. Wear and aging and slight stains. 200 x 295mm.

In the history of printing, an incunable or incunabulum, is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500.

Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.