Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature L (Delaware Museum, first
revise, copy 2)
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: 145-160
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: L
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)
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is a copy of the first revise proof of Signature L 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 the corrected first author's proof, a printer's duplicate of the first proof, and two uncorrected first revises, this copy and copy 1.