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Book label of William Morris (1834-1896)

A book label of William Morris, designer, author, and socialist, from his library at Kelmscott House. The text is an Icelandic edition of the Imitatio Christi (1676), which obviously had an Icelandic provenance, as the inscription "Sigurdur Biornsso[n] 175[?]" also appears in it.

Gift of George Udny Yule. The bookplate beneath is one of the College's dating from 1937.

Book label reading From the Library of William Morris, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith
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