Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature L (Delaware Museum, first proof,
author's copy
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: 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 DGR's corrected copy of the first proof of Signature L. of the 1881 Poems . The corrections are on pages 154 and 156.
Textual History: Revision
Four copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include this author's first proof (with two corrections), an uncorrected printer's duplicate of the first proof, and two uncorrected first revises, copy 1 and copy 2.