Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature H (Delaware Museum, complete
final revise)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: Ballads and Sonnets
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Chiswick Press, C. Whittingham and Co.
City of publication: London
Date of publication: 1881 May 3
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 97-112
Issue: 4
Authorization: DGR
Collation: H
8
Provenance
Current Location: Library, Delaware Art Museum
Physical Description
Point: 10 point; 6 point leading
Font: roman
Lines per Page: 17
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 complete copy (dated 3 May 1881 and numbered 4) of the final revise proof of Signature H.
Textual History: Revision
In addition to this complete final revise proof, the library of the Delaware Museum of Art contains the following proof materials for Signature H of DGR's Ballads and Sonnets volume: a copy of first author's proof and a duplicate copy (both dated 13 April 1881 and numbered 1); a complete copy of the first revise (dated 14 Apr 81 and numbered 2); and a complete copy of the second revise (dated 18 Apr 81and numbered 3). The British Library proofs have a copy of the first revise proofs for this signature (dated 14 Apr 81 and numbered 2).