Collection of poems on broadsheets 1915-1916

GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F35-0002 (2207)
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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F35-0002 (2207)
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Collection of poems on broadsheets 1915-1916
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1915-1916
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25 x 16 cm

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A collection of Cavafy’s poems, comprising fourteen loose printed broadsheets with 12 poems on recto. The verso of all sheets is blank. All poems are accompanied by the company name of the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in Alexandria; they were printed during the period 1915-1916. Printed and handwritten page numbers with pencil on the top right on recto. A hole at the top left on recto of all sheets indicates that they used to be bound by a paperclip. No front cover, back cover or table of contents.

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Greek

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Writing with pencil and ink. Physical item wear: holes.

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RELATED WORKS BY C. P. CAVAFY:
Reference to the works of C. P. Cavafy that are directly related to the described digital object, followed by their number of entry in the C. P. Cavafy Bibliography (ed. by D. Daskalopoulos).

“Philhellene” >A127
“The God Abandons Anthony” >Α116
“Orophernes” >Α142
“Alexandrian Kings” >Α129
“Painted” >Α141
“Far Off” >Α152
“I Went” >Α133
“Sea of the Morning” >Α141
“Very Rarely” >Α132
“Song of Ionia” >Α46
“The City” >Α107
“Chandelier” >Α137

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SUBJECTS:
Broadsheet
Loose prints
Poem (printed)
Poems (collection)
Works by C. P. Cavafy:
"Alexandrian Kings"
"Chandelier"
"Far Off"
"I Went"
"Morning Sea"
"Orophernes"
"Painted"
"Philhellene"
"Song of Ionia"
"The City"
"The God Abandons Antony"
"Very Rarely"
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PERSONS:
Cavafy, C. P.
CORPORATE BODIES:
Kasimatis & Ionas Press

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Cavafy, C. P.. “Collection of poems on broadsheets 1915-1916”. Poems (collection), 1915-1916. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F35-0002 (2207), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F35-0002.

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