Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature N (Delaware Museum, first proof (partial printer'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 16 (circa)
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 177-180, 183-192
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)

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is a partial copy of proof Signature N of the 1881 Poems . It has no corrections. It lacks pages 181-182

Textual History: Revision

Three copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include this partial first proof (printer's copy), the author's corrected first proof , and an uncorrected first revise (the final proof).

Electronic Archive Edition: 1