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Ashley MS 1387, 1393* A1393, B1398, A1400, 1401, A1404, B1404, A1405, A1406, A1878, A3870, 4995
- Record Id:
- 036-001978676
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000032.0x0002dc
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- Ashley MS 1387, 1393* A1393, B1398, A1400, 1401, A1404, B1404, A1405, A1406, A1878, A3870, 4995
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Letters (26), one (A1400, ff. 24-25b) imperfect, from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, W. M. Rossetti, and John Aldam Heaton; 21 Aug. 1869-March 1870. The letters all concern the preparation of D. G. Rossetti's Poems, 1870, published on 24 April. In 1868 or early 1869 Rossetti seems to have decided to print such poetry as he had written, but to issue it privately. In August 1869 he received the first proofs, and after working on them, had the revisions incorporated in a further set. He continued this process, adding to, transposing and revising each set, through six sets of page proofs, including the proofs of the First Edition. By the beginning of October he had decided to publish and had abandoned the idea of a private issue (see letter to Miss Losh dated 8 Oct. 1869 in J. C. Troxell, Three Rossettis, 1937). On 5 Oct. 1869 the MS. book of poems which he had placed in his wife's coffin was recovered and four poems which had been too long to be otherwise reconstructed, i.e. 'Jenny', 'A Last Confession', 'Dante at Verona' and 'The Portrait', were included in the fifth set of proofs, and thereafter. Throughout this process Rossetti used to send copies of the proofs to a few friends, especially his brother and Swinburne, and to discuss with them in minute detail changes and additions to the poems. (See also the description of 1399). Some of the 'enclosed pages of Jenny' mentioned in A1400, f. 24b, are bound at the back of Ashley Library No. 1400 in the Department of Printed Books. For a detailed account of the proofs of Poems, 1870, see J. C. Troxell 'The "Trial Books" of Dante Gabriel Rossetti', in Colophon for Spring 1938, pp. 243-258.
Also included are:―(1) Autograph fair copy, forming part of a letter dated 23 Feb. 1870, of a sonnet 'On certain Elizabethan "Revivals"', considered by Rossetti inadequate for inclusion in Poems, and first printed, in a slightly different form, in T. Hall Caine, Recollections of D. G. Rossetti, 1882, having been sent by the author to Caine, as editor, for inclusion in Sonnets of Three Centuries, 1882. 1387, f. 4b;―(2) Poem, 'The End of It', dated '18th June 1845'. Autograph fair copy, written on a bifolium of octavo white laid paper. Watermark a crowned shield. Of this poem Rossetti says in 1387, f. 4 ' . . . I came on what I may call my first poem (after still more childish things) I believe, and enclose it you for a lark. Of course it is on nothing less than Napoleon at Waterloo!' 1387, ff. 1, 2;―(3) Postscript to a letter from D. G. Rossetti to his brother William, 15 Sept. 1869. A1393, f. 19;―(4) Postscript to a letter from D. G. Rossetti, probably of 1869. A1404, f. 34;―(5) Note by Edmund Gosse concerning D. G. Rossetti's poem, 'The Stream's Secret'; n.d. A1404, f. 36;―(6) Letter from Swinburne in reply to one from D. G. Rossetti (A3870, ff. 26-27b) informing Swinburne of the opening of Lizzie Rossetti's grave; 28 Oct. 1869. A3870, ff. 29-30b;―(7) Letter, with envelope, from D. G. Rossetti to Swinburne, speaking of Swinburne's forthcoming Atalanta in Calydon, Baudelaire, and French art; 18 Nov. 1864. 4995, ff. 1-3b;―(8) Post-postscript to a letter from D. G. Rossetti of 1871. 4995, f. 29;―(9) Letter from D. G. Rossetti to Swinburne concerning 'Eau Hess', a hair-dressing; [27?] Nov. 1868. 4995, ff. 32-33. 1387, A1400 (with omissions), A1404, and A1406 are printed in Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 110-111, 125-129, 133. A1878 is printed in Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 110. 1393, A1393, B1398, and 1401 are printed, with omissions, in D. G. Rossetti His Family-Letters, ii, 1895, pp. 204, 214-221. B1404 is printed in Rossetti Papers, ed. W. M. Rossetti, 1903, p. 527. A1405, the letter from D. G. Rossetti in A3870, and 4995, with the exception of the letters on ff. 14-15b, 27-33, are printed in The Times Literary Supplement, 16 Oct. 1919, pp. 565-566. See also O. Doughty and J. R. Wahl, Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ii, 1965, pp. 529-864, passim. The letter from Swinburne in A3870 is printed in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, ii, 1959, pp. 47-48. Ashley Library Catalogue, iv, pp. 109-155 passim; vi, p. 110; viii, pp. 171-177.
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- Western Manuscripts
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- Ashley Manuscripts
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- 032-001978147
036-001978676 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 1387, 1393* A1393, B1398, A1400, 1401, A1404, B1404, A1405, A1406, A1878, A3870, 4995 : Letters (26), one (A1400, ff. 24-25b) imperfect,… - Contains:
- Ashley MS 1387 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. M. Rossetti ff. i+5, octavo. includes: ff. 1, 2 Poetry ENGLISH: Dante Gabriel Rossetti,…
Ashley MS 1393* : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. M. Rossetti, [1869]. ff. i+4, octavo. William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic:…
Ashley MS A1393 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. M. Rossetti, [1869]. includes: ff. 18-20b William Michael Rossetti, author and art…
Ashley MS B1398 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. M. Rossetti, [1869]. includes: ff. 143-144b William Michael Rossetti, author and art…
Ashley MS A1400 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. M. Rossetti, 1869. includes: ff. 24-25b, 26 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Dante…
Ashley MS 1401 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. M. Rossetti, 1869. ff. i+3, octavo William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic:…
Ashley MS A1404 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, [1869-1870] includes: ff. 32-35 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet:…
Ashley MS B1404 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, [1869-1870] includes: ff. 147-148 William Michael Rossetti, author and…
Ashley MS A1405 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, [1869-1870] includes: ff. 37-40 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet:…
Ashley MS A1406 : Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to J. A. Heaton, 1870. includes: ff. 41-42b John Aldam Heaton: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet…
Ashley MS A1878 : Letter from D. G. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, [1870]. includes: ff. 50-51 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Dante Gabriel…
Ashley MS A3870 : Letter from from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, 1869. includes: ff. 26-28 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Dante…
Ashley MS 4995 : Letters (10) from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, 1864-1870, ff. xxxviii+33, folio (letters themselves octavo).…
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- 1869
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- 1870
- Date Range:
- 21 Aug 1869-Mar 1870
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