Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature D (Delaware Museum, second revise 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: 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 an uncorrected copy of the second revise (and probably the final proof) for this signature, with DGR's manuscript revisions from the first revise here printed.

Textual History: Revision

The three copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include this uncorrected second revise and two copies of the first revise, the author's first revise and a duplicate with DGR's corrections added in another hand.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1