Solomon. Song of Songs. Verse translation into the demotic language. Transl. Antis Pernaris [= Andreas Pavlidis]. Nicosia (Cyprus), 1932
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1. Στὸ Μεγάλο μας Ποιητὴ
2. κ. Κ. Π. Καβάφη
3. μαζὶ μὲ τὴν ἄπειρή μου ἐχτίμηση
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21 x 14 cm; 28 p. + 4 s.p., traces from a torn paper attached on front cover, p. [1] bookplate CPC, p. [3] half-title page and written dedication by translator Antis Pernaris to C. P. Cavafy in black ink, p. [4] signature with note of authenticity, p. [5] title page and motto, p. [29] “A note” by Antis Pernaris and p. [30] colophon. Other works by the same author and price of the book “one shilling” on back cover.
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The written dedication was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini Iatrou. See Michaila Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 41 (© Michaila-Karampini Iatrou, 2003). This is a new transcription by the literary documentation working group of the Cavafy library (© Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation, 2024).
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Σολομών. Άσμα ασμάτων. Έμμετρη απόδοση στη δημοτική γλώσσα. Transl. Άντης Περνάρης [= Aνδρέας Παυλίδης]. Λευκοσία-Kύπρος, 1932 [Song of Songs. Verse translation into the demotic language]. Book, GR-OF CA CL.3.271, Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Library. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.03.2026. https://doi.org/10.26256/3.271.
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