Anthologie des poètes néo-grecs (1886-1929). Edit. Jean Michel. Paris, Albert Messein, éditeur, 1930
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19 x 12.5 cm; 4 s.p. + 198 p. + 6 s.p., l. 1 bookplate CPC on recto, p. [1] half-title page and written dedication of the editor Jean Michel to C. P. Cavafy in black ink in French, p. [3] title page, p. [4] printed note about copies, p. [5] printed dedication to Philéas Lebesgue, p. [7]-8 “Avant propos” by Anne Comtesse de Noailles, p. [9]-18 “Préface” by Philéas Lebesgue, p. [19]-22 “Avertissement”, pencil marks on p. 173, p. [185]-195 “Notices bibliographiques”, p. [197]-198 “Table” and p. [199] colophon. Titles of the publishing house and perforated initials of the publisher M.A. on the back cover.
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The poems “Ithaca [“Ithaque”] and “Waiting for the Barbarians” [“Les Barbares”] by C. P. Cavafy in French translation are found on p. 172-176. The book also contains a short biographical note of Cavafy on p. 187.
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. 75 (© 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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