Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature T (Delaware Museum, first
author's 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 May 6
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 273-288
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: T
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)
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is the first author's proof for Signature T, with several corrections by DGR. The proof also has marginal notes on pages 276 and 284 that are WMR's suggestions for textual changes.
Textual History: Revision
Besides this first author's proof, the Delaware proofs include the following: a duplicate copy of the first author''s proof (with some but not all of the revisions in the first author's proof marked on this proof); and three uncorrected and undated copies of the final revise, copy 1 , copy 2, and copy 3. The British Library proofs have a copy of the first revise proofs for this signature (dated 10 May).