Thorpe, Benjamin, comp. Northern mythology, comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, north Germany, and the Netherlands. 3 vols. London: Edward Lumley, 1851–52.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1029 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 8s.). — Unlocated.
Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 122.
Digital versions: HathiTrust.
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Campbell, F. A. G. Annales de la typographie Néerlandaise au XVe siècle. 2 vols. La Haye: Nijhoff, 1874–90.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 202 (sold to Leighton for 15s.). — Unlocated.
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Proctor, Robert. Tracts on early printing. 3 parts. London: privately printed, 1895–97.
Morris owned the first two parts.
I. List of the founts of type and wood-cut devices used by the printers of the Southern Netherlands in the fifteenth century. — II. A note on Eberhard Frommolt, of Basel, printer. — III. Additions to Campbell’s Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au 15e siècle.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 845 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 14s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores Hist. 2 (RMR) YHD.AA4).
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