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BEUGHEM, Cornelius. Incunabula Typographiae. Amsterdam: J. Wolters, 1688. 12o. Contemporary calf, gilt spine (joints rubbed, just starting at spine ends). THE FIRST GENERAL CATALOGUE OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY BOOKS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE TERM "INCUNABULA". Though it was Bernard von Mallinkrot (see lot 123) who designated early printing as incunabula, it was first used to describe the books themselves in Beughem's catalogue. Bigmore & Wyman I, pg. 54; Breslauer & Folter 85.