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xylographica

xylographica noun: xylographs generally.

Noun

xylographica pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Xylographs generally.
    • The apparent success of this mass-produced merchandise, whether caused by piety, or fear, or simply by the desire to own pretty pictures, was apparently great and these xylographica had a considerably wider market than manuscripts.1967, Rudolf Hirsch, Printing, Selling and Reading, 1450-1550, page 10
    • These block-books, or xylographica, of which upwards of a hundred issues and editions, comprising some thirty separate works, have been recorded, were produced chiefly in the Netherlands and Germany.2011, Harry G. Aldis, John Carter, E. A. Crutchley, The Printed Book, page 2

Questions about xylographica

What does xylographica mean?
Xylographica means xylographs generally.
What part of speech is xylographica?
Xylographica is a noun.

Words near xylographica in the dictionary

  1. xylograph
  2. xylographed
  3. xylographer
  4. xylographers
  5. xylographic
  6. xylographica
  7. xylographical
  8. xylographically
  9. xylographies
  10. xylographing
  11. xylographist

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