Poems (1870): Sixth Edition
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: Poems. Sixth Edition
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Strangeways and Walden
City of publication: London
Date of publication: 1872
Edition: 6
Pagination: [1]-[xii], [1]-282
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: [A]
6; B-S
8; T
6
Provenance
Current Location: library of Jerome J. McGann
Physical Description
Cover: Original publisher's green cloth, gold stamped design
Endpapers: blue floral
Point: 8 point; 5.5 point leading
Font: roman
Lines per Page: 24
Margin top: 2.7 cm
Margin bottom: 3.7 cm
Margin right: 2.6 cm
Margin left: 2 cm
Watermark: none
Dimensions of Document: crown octavo. 18.5cm
Bibliography
See the general bibliography for the 1870
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Poems
.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The sixth edition (or sixth printing) was brought out in 1872. It was the final English edition and did not sell out until 1879. It carries a few corrections that do not appear in the earlier printings (see pages 3 and 82) and one difference (page 185) due to an error in printing.