xylographican.
/zʌɪləʊˈɡrafɪkə/ With plural agreement. Block-books, woodcuts, and the like; xylographic matter.
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xylographica1931
1931 M. B. Stillwell Incunabula & Americana iii. i. 177 Blockbooks, although produced during the same period [as incunabula], are those printed a full page at a time, each page being printed from a wooden block... Such books are sometimes called ‘xylographic books’, or ‘xylographica’, meaning that they are wood-engraved throughout.
1952 J. Carter ABC for Book-collectors 37 Block books, or xylographica, as produced in Europe are presumed..to have preceded the invention of printing from movable metal types.
1982 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 866/1 Volume I will carry descriptions of block-books and other xylographica.
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