The mark placed in FE could be interpreted as a 
hairpin, as in GE where it was even extended. However, in this context, it is most probably a long accent. The reviser of EE also recognized an accent in it, and reproduced it as a standard, short one. Similarly in bar 240.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, EE revisions, Inaccuracies in GE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins