Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature B (Delaware Museum, author's
first proof (partial))
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 12 (circa)
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 1-2, 15-16
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
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 partial first author's proof for signature B. The correction on page 1 shows that this proof was made directly from the Tauchnitz proof pages.
Textual History: Revision
Three sets of proof materials survive for this signature. Besides this partial first author's proof, the Delaware Art Museum library has a partial first revise and an uncorrected a complete final proof .