Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature Q (Delaware Museum, first revise
proof (copy 3))
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 18 (circa)
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 225-240
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: Q
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 the third printer's copy of the first revise proof (which is the last proof) of Signature Q of the 1881 Poems . It has no corrections.
Textual History: Revision
Five copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include the corrected author's first proof (partial copy), and four uncorrected copies of the revise made from the first proof: this copy, copy 1, copy 2, and copy 4.