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The story of Beowulf and first of the kindred of Hrothgar : Hammersmith : manuscript in the autograph of the translator William Morris, 1894.

BIB_ID
79894
Accession number
MA 3469
Display Date
1894.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Description
1 item (102 p.), bound ; 34 x 23 cm
Notes
Written on the rectos of 100 sheets; with the argument (2 p.) bound in at end.
Provenance
Booksellers' ticket of Philip C. Duschnes; gift of John M. Crawford, Jr. in 1975.
Summary
Final draft of the translation by William Morris, which he made in close collaboration with A.J. Wyatt. Written in Morris's hand, and with some of his corrections and additions. Signed by Morris on p. 100.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (36.6 cm)
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Department
Literary and Historical Manuscripts