Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature B (Delaware Museum, complete final proof)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Production Description

Document Title: Poems. A New Edition
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Strangeways and Walden
City of publication: London
Date of publication: 1881 May 20 (circa)
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 1-16
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR

Provenance

Current Location: Library, Delaware Art Museum

Physical Description

Point: 10 point; 6 point leading
Font: roman
Lines per Page: 22
Margin top: 2 cm
Margin bottom: 3.8 cm
Margin right: 2 cm
Margin left: 2.5 cm
Dimensions of Document: 19 x 12.8cm (crown octavo)

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is a complete uncorrected final proof for signature B.

Textual History: Revision

Three sets of proof materials survive for this signature. Besides this complete final proof, the Delaware Art Museum library has a partial first revise and a partial first author's proof.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1