Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature E (Delaware Museum, first revise proof, duplicate copy)

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 (circa)
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 49-64
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: E 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 duplicate copy of the uncorrected first revise of Signature E. It carries DGR's corrections from the first author's proof.

Textual History: Revision

Four copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include this duplicate uncorrected first revise; the corrected author's first proof; a duplicate first proof with printer's corrections; and another uncorrected copy of this first revise.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1