A Book of Greek Verse. Transl. Walter Headlam. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1907

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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION
- CAVAFY LIBRARY

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA CL.4.1

TITLE:

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A Book of Greek Verse

PUBLISHER:

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[Cambridge] University Press

TRANSLATOR:

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Headlam, Walter George

PUBLICATION YEAR:

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1907

PUBLICATION PLACE:

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Cambridge (England)

FORMAT:

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Book

LANGUAGE:

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Ancient Greek
English

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20 x 14 cm; 2 s.p. + ΧΧΙΙΙ p. + 308 p. + 6 s.p., l. 1 bookplate CPC and written dedication by G. A. Valasopoulos to C. P. Cavafy in black ink on recto and handwritten note with pencil on verso, p. [Ι] half-title page, p. [ΙΙ] information about series with typographic ornament, p. [ΙΙΙ] title page, p. [IV] typographical data, p. [V] printed dedication to Henry Montagu Butler, p. [VII]-XXIIII “Preface”, p. [1] motto, p. 262-308 “Notes”, p. [309] “Translations into English” and p. [310] “Translations into Greek”.

BOOKPLATE/ΕX LIBRIS:

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CPC

MOTTO:

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– [Sapfo]

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No reading traces

NOTE:

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Partially cut.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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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. 50 (© Michaila-Karampini Iatrou, 2003). This is a new transcription by the literary documentation working group of the Cavafy library (© Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation, 2024).