The Germ (1850) and the 1901 Facsimile
Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Victorian poetry, publishing history
Abstract
Reviews the publication and republication history of the four issues of The Germ (1850; issues 3 and 4 titled Art and Poetry), a magazine of art, poetry, and aesthetics published and written by the PreRaphaelites Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti and their friends, which included some of the first published poems by the Victorian woman poet Christina Georgina Rossetti. Notes the difficulty even for experienced bookdealers of distinguishing original copies of the magazine from later facsimiles, especially the 1901 facsimile issued in parts, and draws on research by the late William E. Fredeman to list detailed points for telling a true original from later copies.
Publication Info
Published in Book Collector, Volume 62, Issue 1, Spring 2013, pages 146-147.
Scott, Patrick. "The Germ (1850) and the 1901 Facsimile." Book Collector 62.1 (2013): 146-147. (c) Book Collector, 2012 ,The Collector Ltd.
Rights
Scott, Patrick. "The Germ (1850) and the 1901 Facsimile." Book Collector 62.1 (2013): 146-147. (c) Book Collector, 2012 ,The Collector Ltd.