Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature D (Delaware Museum, first revise proof, with corrections)

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 15
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 33-48
Issue: 2
Authorization: DGR
Collation: D 8

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 corrected copy of the first revise proof for this signature, with DGR's revisions.

Textual History: Revision

The three copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include this corrected first revise, a duplicate copy of the revise (with DGR's corrections added in pencil by another hand), and an uncorrected second revise carrying the revisions from the first revise.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1