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Swinburne's proof sheets and American first editionsBibliographical data relating to a few of the publications of Algernon Charles Swinburne, with notes on the prioriy of certain claimants to the distinction of "Edition princeps," . o_/fiA ,-/c*w?tet*t/\sC£c*f /&.&** ck****rti fwA/jfcwL <%*nc eCLed^cCffa.**- sJXc/rGkfGud ?&&€ f-£oWGU C*MjV& *,?•*/ s/vUsOOtA yf &ttnAS*u*x& fpli/ cze&dsPvul fLcuA/ nJox+c <7f~sfA*4 vtoftfifc/ o,t%vt -finsfacivvf- f-t-mns -f(Ly -pw/ ct*\M -frit/,^t<*t/WiW --A^qStm/i* crt- y~H£/ tJecxS. approximately \\ x 4f inches. The position on thesheet, as shown by the accompanying facsimile,leaves only about three inches below the text forcorrespondence, if it had been used as could easily surmise that Sandys printed it forprivate distribution among his friends. There un-doubtedly are other copies, as the editor says, butthat does not alter the fact that it is an EditioPrinceps. Mr. Wise ignores it. Chastelard was composed during 1858 and1859, while Swinburne was at Oxford; but thepoem was rewritten several times before it wasfinally published in 1865. A trial copy of the bookwas bound up for him, on the half-title of which hehas written the date, 11 November, 1865. Thetitle-page differs from that of the published edition,although similarly set up. The second and thirdlines, A Tragedy | By are in smaller type, and thepublishers imprint at the foot contains the streetnumber, 60, Dover Street. It is printed onthinner and whiter paper, and is made up of signa-ture
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