Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature T (Delaware Museum, final proof,
copy 3)
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 18 (circa)
Pre-Publication Information: proof
Pagination: 273-288
Issue: 1
Authorization: DGR
Collation: T
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
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is a complete uncorrected copy of the final proof of Signature T.
Textual History: Revision
Besides this uncorrected copy of the final revise proof, the Delaware Museum library proofs include the following: a heavily corrected first author's proof and a more lightly corrected duplicate ; and two additional uncorrected and undated copies of the final revise, copy 1, and copy 2. The British Library proofs have a copy of the first revise proofs for this signature (dated 10 May).