Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature E (Delaware Museum, second revise proof)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Production Description

Document Title: Ballads and Sonnets
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Chiswick Press, C. Whittingham and Co.
City of publication: London
Date of publication: 1881 April 13
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 49-64
Issue: 3
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: 17
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 set of the second revise proofs for Signature E. It carries the last of DGR's MS revisions (to line 128).

Textual History: Revision

The library of the Delaware Art Museum has four sets of proofs for this signature, the first, third, and fourth numbered and date stamped by the printer Charles Whittingham, of Chiswick Press. In addition to these final revise proofs, the other sets at Delaware are: the first author's proofs (numbered 1; perfect, dated 6 April), with corrections; the first revise (numbered 2, undated); and the final revise (numbered 4, perfect, dated 22 April). The British Library also has a set of the final revise (numbered 4; perfect, dated 22 April).

Electronic Archive Edition: 1