Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature K (Delaware Museum, first revise, copy 1)

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: 129-144
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: K 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 copy 1 of the first (and final) revise proof for Signature K of the 1881 Poems .

Textual History: Revision

Four copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include a corrected first author's proof, the printer's duplicate of the first proof, and two uncorrected first revises, this copy and copy 2.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1