¶ Marx — Capital (1887)

Marx, Karl. Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production. Ed. Frederick Engels; trans. Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. 2 vols. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, & Co., 1887.

Inscribed by Engels and Aveling to Morris, March 1887 (see images below).

Provenance: Morris. —Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 635 (sold to Edmunds for £1 11s.). — Erasmushaus Haus der Bücher, Basel, 6 May 1985 (sold to an unidentified Swiss
businessman for $25,000). — Galerie-Moenius (Bern) catalogue 79, 30 October 2021 (sold to Peter Harrington for CHF 110,000). — Offered for sale (£275,000) by Peter Harrington, March 2022.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 595.

Digital versions: Google (vol. 2). — HathiTrust (vol. 2). — Internet Archive (vol. 1).

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¶ Blunt — Esther (1895)

Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen. Esther: a young man’s tragedy, together with the Love sonnets of Proteus. Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895.

Inscribed “Jane Morris, from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Newbuildings Place, May 30, 1896.”

Provenance: Blunt. — Jane Morris. — Mark Samuels Lasner. — Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware Library (Books A-Z PR4149.B8 E8x 1895 ).

Digital version: Google.

¶ Morris — Life and death of Jason (1877)

Morris, William. The life and death of Jason: a poem. 7th ed. London: Ellis and White, 1877.

With corrections in pencil.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 263.

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¶ Four sagas (19th century)

The following titles are bound together:

[1] Gislason, Konrad, ed. Sagan af Helga ok Grími Droplaugarsonum. Copenhagen: Brødrene Berlings Bogtrykkeri, 1847.

Digital version: Google.

[2] Hervar saga ok Heiđreks konungs. Copenhagen: Brødrene Berlings Bogtrykkeri, 1847.

[3] Sagan af Þorđi Hređu. Copenhagen: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1848.

[4] Barđarsaga Snœfellsass Viglundarsaga. Copenhagen: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri ved N. H. Stendrup, 1860.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 846 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 4s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (2000 1525.)

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¶ Laxdaela-Saga (1826)

Laxdaela-Saga. Copenhagen: sumtibus Legati Magnæani ex typographeo H. F. Popp, 1826.

Presentation inscription from Morris to Forman.

Provenance: Morris. — Harry Buxton Forman — William F. Gable. — Elizabeth Wade White. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (BEIN 1976 59).

Digital versions: Google. — HathiTrust.

¶ Laxdaela-Saga (1826)

Laxdaela-Saga. Copenhagen: sumtibus Legati Magnaeani ex typographeo H. F. Popp, 1826.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 899 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 1s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Walter Emery. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (BEIN 2004 +138).

Digital versions: Google. — HathiTrust.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 386.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Four sagas (1847–60)

The following titles (all published in the series Nordiske oldskrifter) are bound together. (The first is listed in the Sotheby 1898 catalogue; the other three titles are presumably among the “and others” in lot 846.)

[1] Gislason, Konrad, ed. Sagan af Helga ok Grími Droplaugarsonum. Copenhagen: Brødrene Berlings Bogtrykkeri, 1847.

Digital version: Google.

[2] Hervar saga ok Heiđreks konungs. Copenhagen: Brødrene Berlings Bogtrykkeri, 1847.

[3] Friðriksson, G. Sagan af Þorđi Hređu. Copenhagen: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1848.

[4] Vigfússon, Guðbrandr. Barđarsaga Snoefellsass. Copenhagen: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri ved N. H. Stendrup, 1860.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 846 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 4s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (2000 1525 [Gislason; Friðriksson; Vigfússon; Hervar saga ok Heiđreks konungs has no separate entry).

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¶ Hildebrand — Industrial arts of Scandinavia (1883)

Hildebrand, Hans. The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks. London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 520.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Steele — Huon of Bordeaux (1895)

Steele, Robert, ed. Huon of Bordeaux, done into English by Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners, and now retold by Robert Steele. London: George Allen, 1895.

Inscribed “William Morris from Robert Steele.” Illustrated by Fred Mason.

Provenance: Robert Steele. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 491 (sold to Tregaskis for 17s.). — Edwin N. Lapham. — Lapham’s sale, Anderson Auction Co., 1–3 December 1908, lot 962 (sold for $11) [HathiTrust] . — John Quinn. — Mark Samuels Lasner. — Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware Library.

Digital versions: Google. — HathiTrust.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Collection of sagas (1848–49)

The following titles are bound together in four volumes, with the binder’s title “Nordiske oldskrifter saga”:

[1] Vápnfirðinga saga. Copenhagen: Brødrene Berlings Bogtrykkeri, 1848.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

[2] Tvaer sögur af Gísla Súrssyn. Copenhagen: Brødrene Berlings Bogtrykkeri, 1849.

Digital version: Google.

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Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1002 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Walter Emery. — Beinecke Library, Yale University (2000 2112).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 276.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Schmidt — Griechische Märchen, Sagen und Volkslieder (1877)

Schmidt, Bernhard, ed. and trans. Griechische Märchen, Sagen und Volkslieder. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1877.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1006 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 12s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores Hist. 2 ZEY.AA1) [no Morris book label].

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 906.

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Ólafsson — Kvæði Eggerts Ólafssonar (1832)

Ólafsson, Eggert. Kvæði Eggerts Ólafssonar. Copenhagen: E. Jónsson, Th. Sæmundsson, and S. Thorarensen, 1832.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 889.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Legenda S. Annae (1501)

Legenda S. Annae. Strasbourg: Bartholomaeus Kistler, 1501.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 61 (sold to Pickering for £4). — Catalogue of Old and Rare Books, Pickering & Chatto, 1900, no. 1021 (£8 8s.) [Google]. — Unlocated.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 12b, no. 150 (£4).

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¶ Oddsson — Fóstbrædra-saga (1822)

Oddsson, Gunnlaugur, ed. Fóstbrædra-saga, edr, Sagan af Þorgeiri Havarssyni ok Þormódi Bersasyni Kolbrúnarskalldi. Copenhagen: Prentuð hiá Thiele, 1822.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 844 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 12s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 911.

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Karadzhīć — Volksmärchen der Serben (1854)

Karadzhīć, Vuk Stefanovīć. Volksmärchen der Serben. Berlin: G. Reimer 1854

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 846 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 4s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 892.

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Thórarensen — Kvæði Bjarna Thórarensens amtmanns (1847)

Thórarensen, Bjarni. Kvæði Bjarna Thórarensens amtmanns. Copenhagen: S. L. Möller, 1847.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 666.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Hutton — St. Thomas of Canterbury (1889)

Hutton, W. H., ed. St. Thomas of Canterbury: an account of his life and fame from the contemporary biographers and other chroniclers. London: David Nutt, 1889.

Part of a series entitled English history by contemporary writers, edited by F. York Powell.

Provenance: Morris.— Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 121.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Swinburne — Chastelard (1865)

Swinburne, Algernon C. Chastelard: a tragedy. London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 226.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Unger — Morkinskinna (1867)

Unger, Carl Richard. Morkinskinna. Pergamentsbog fra første halvdel af det trettende aarhundrede. Christiania: Det forr. B. M. Bentzen’s bogtrykkeri, 1867.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 853 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 3s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 794.

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Hardy — Jude the obscure (1896)

Hardy, Thomas. Jude the obscure. London: J. R. Osgood, 1896.

Illustrated. Vol. 8 of The Wessex Novels (though the Lobb catalogue implies that Morris may have owned other volumes in the set).

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 2, lot 435 (part; sold for £1). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google.

¶ FitzGerald — Salámán and Absái (1856)

[FitzGerald, Edward.] Salámán and Absái: an allegory translated from the Persian. London: J. W. Parker and Son, 1856.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 2, lot 429 (part; sold for £1 12s.). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 778.

¶ Rossetti — Poems (1870)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Poems. London: F. S. Ellis, 1870.

Large paper edition. Presentation copy from Rossetti.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 2, lot 431 (part; sold for £5 10s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 427.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Rossetti — Ballads and sonnets (1881)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and sonnets. London: Ellis and White, 1881.

Presentation copy (to Morris?).

Provenance: Rossetti. — Morris (?). — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 2, lot 431 (part; sold for £5 10s.). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Theophilus — Essay upon various arts (1847)

Theophilus. An essay upon various arts in three books, forming an encyclopaedia of Christian art of the eleventh century. Trans. Robert Hendrie. London: John Murray, 1847.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Lobb sale 1, lot 27 (sold for £1 16s.). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Martin — Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (1716)

Martin, Martin. A description of the Western Islands of Scotland. 2nd ed. London: printed for A. Bell, T. Varnam and J. Osborn, W. Taylor, and J. Baker and T. Warner, 1716.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 37 (part). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Swinburne — Erechtheus (1876)

Swinburne, Algernon C. Erechtheus: a tragedy. London: Chatto and Windus, 1876.

No inscription or signature.

Provenance: Morris [?]. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 224 [2 copies].

Digital version: Google.

¶ Swinburne — Marino Faliero (1885)

Swinburne, Algernon C. Marino Faliero: a tragedy. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885.

Inscribed “William Morris from his friend A C Swinburne.”

Provenance: A. C. Swinburne. — Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 593.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Froissart — Chronicles (1812)

Froissart, Jean. Sir John Froissart’s chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, Flanders and the adjoining countries. Trans. John Bourchier, Lord Berners. 2 vols. London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington [etc.], 1812.

Both volumes signed “William Morris.”

Provenance: Morris (purchased for £3 12s.). — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

References: MS catalogue (1), fol. 9. — MS catalogue (2), no. 476.

Digital version: HathiTrust [vol. 2].

¶ Browning — Poems (1849)

Browning, Robert. Poems. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Hall, 1849.

Signed “W. Morris.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 239.

Digital version: Google [vol. 1].

¶ Longfellow — Prose works (1851)

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. London: David Bogue, 1851.

Illustrated. Signed “William Morris.”

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Oxford University [bequest of May Morris]. — Society of Antiquaries of London (Kelmscott Manor).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 259.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Arnold — Poems (1854–55)

Arnold, Matthew. Poems. 2 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854–55.

Morris signature. Vol. 2 is subtitled Second series.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 2, lot 525 (part; sold for £2 4s.) — Unlocated.

Digital versions: Google [vol. 1]. — HathiTrust [vol. 2].

¶ Baxter — British phaenogamous botany (1834–43)

Baxter, William. British phaenogamous botany, or figures and descriptions of the genera of British flowering plants. 6 vols. Oxford: privately printed and sold by J. H. Parker; London: Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1834–43.

Illustrated. Morris owned vols. 1–4 (1834–39).

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 50 (part; sold for £1 2s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 419.

Digital versions: Google [vols. 1–2]. — HathiTrust [vols. 3–4].

¶ Sir Gawayne and the green knight (1864)

Morris, Richard, ed. Sir Gawayne and the green knight. London: Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, 1864.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 795.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Harris — Uncle Remus (1881)

Harris, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus and his legends of the old plantation. London: David Bogue, 1881.

Illustrated by Frederick S. Church and James Henry Moser.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 789.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Keyser — Olafs Saga hins helga (1849)

Keyser, Rudolf, and Carl Richard Unger. Olafs Saga hins helga: en kort Saga om Kong Olaf den hellige fra anden halvdeel af det tolfte aarhundrede. Christiania: Feilberg & Landmarks Forlag, 1849.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 290.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Skeat — Havelock the Dane (1868)

Skeat, Walter W., and Sir Frederic Madden, eds. The lay of Havelock the Dane. London: Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1868.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 287.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Chaffers — Hall marks on gold and silver plate (1865)

Chaffers, William. Hall marks on gold and silver plate. 2nd ed. London: J. Davy & Sons, 1865.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 838.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Meinhold — Sidonia the sorceress (1849)

Meinhold, Wilhelm. Sidonia the sorceress: the supposed destroyer of the whole reigning ducal house of Pomerania. 2 vols. in 1. London: Simms and M’Intyre, 1849.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 629.

Digital version: Google [vol. 2; badly digitized].

¶ Handbook for southern Italy (1853)

Handbook for travellers in southern Italy. London: John Murray, 1853.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 646.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Handbook for Wiltshire (1869)

Handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and Somersetshire. New ed. London: John Murray, 1869.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 642.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Parsons — Life of Albert R. Parsons (1889)

Parsons, Lucy E. Life of Albert R. Parsons, with brief history of the labor movement in America. Chicago: Lucy E. Parsons, 1889.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 537.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Packer — Dyer’s guide (1816)

Packer, Thomas. The dyer’s guide, being an introduction to the art of dying linen, cotton, silk, and wool, silk and muslin dresses, furniture, &c. &c. London: printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 574.

Digital version: Google [badly digitized].

¶ Johannes, Magnus — Gothorum Sueonumque historia (1554)

Johannes, Magnus. Gothorum Sueonumque historia. Rome: Jo. Mariem de Viottis, 1554.

Illustrated. With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 780 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 2s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 3969/D).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 38 (£1). — MS catalogue (2), no. 87 (with three X’s next to it).

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Wright — Chester plays (1847)

Wright, Thomas, ed. The Chester plays. 2 vols. London: printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1843–1847.

Morris owned vol. 2 (1847).

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 187.

Digital version: Google [vol. 2].

¶ Birdwood — Paris Universal Exhibition (1878)

Birdwood, Sir George C. M. Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878: handbook to the British Indian section. London: Royal Commission, [1878].

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 140.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Gairdner — Paston letters (1872–75)

Gairdner, James, ed. The Paston letters. 3 vols. London: [Edward Arbner] and Bowes, 1872–75.

It is not clear whether Morris owned the second and third volumes.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 77.

Digital versions: Google [vol. 1]. — Google [vol. 2]. — HathiTrust [vol. 3].

¶ Ferguson — Surnames as a science (1883)

Ferguson, Robert. Surnames as a science. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 123.

Digital version: Google.

¶ Varnhagen — Über eine Sammlung (1892)

Varnhagen, Hermann. Über eine Sammlung alter italienischer Drucke der Erlanger Universitätsbibliothek. Erlangen: Fr. Junge, 1892.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1085 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores Hist. O/S 2 YHR.34.AA3-4).

Digital version: Google.

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¶ Lay — Südslavische Ornamente (1872)

Lay, Feliks, ed. Südslavische Ornamente gesammelt und gewidmet allen Ländern und Völkern, zu Förderungd er Kunst-industrie und nebst einer Abhandlung über die Verbreitung und Cultur der Südslaven. 2 vols. Frankfurt, [1872].

The first volume consists of illustrations by Friedrich Fischbach; the second volume is Lay’s text.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 299 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Digital version: Google [vol. 1].

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¶ Racinet — Polychromatic ornament (1873)

Racinet, A. Polychromatic ornament: one hundred plates in gold, silver and colours, comprising upwards of two thousand specimens of the various styles of ancient, oriental, and mediaeval art, and including the Renaissance and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1873.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 980 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £4 8s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 399.

Digital version: Google.

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