Kelmscott

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Kelmscott the name of Kelmscott House, Hammersmith (named after Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire), the home of William Morris (1834–1896), used in the name of the Kelmscott Press, which was founded there by him in 1890 and worked until 1898, printing limited editions of fine books.

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