Egyptian almanac of the year 1900 with images, a collaborative work of intellectuals in Greece and in our country. Second year. Edit. Argyrios Drakopoulos. Alexandria, J. C. Lagoudakis (press), [1899]
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21 x 15 cm; 6 s.p. + 349 p. + 7 s.p., l. 2 title page with typographic ornament and bookplate CPC on recto, l. 3 “Holidays” on recto and “Seasons” on verso, p. [1-12] calendar and almanac, p. [14] printed dedication, p. [15] “Partners of the Egyptian Calendar”, p. [17] photograph of Abbas Hilmi Pasha, viceroy of Egypt, p. [314-354] advertisements. Illustration is found on several places in the print.
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2/2 copies.
Illustrated front cover.
A bookmark is found between p. [152-153].
The name of C. P. Cavafy is included in the list of the journal subscribers (p. [15]). The following poems by C. P. Cavafy are found published in the issue: “Forthcoming” (p. 152), “Ode and Elegy of the Streets” (p. 153), “The First Step” (p. 154). P. 271 features a short presentation with the poet’s photograph, while on p. 277 a reference to members of the Cavafy family in the telephone directory of the most important Greek estates and Greek scientists, traders etc. in Egypt: “Cavafy C. P., Bourse broker Cavafy P. (Mayoralty)”.
Aιγυπτιακόν ημερολόγιον του έτους 1900 μετ’ εικόνων, τη συμπράξει των εν Eλλάδι και παρ’ ημίν λογίων. Έτος δεύτερον. Edit. Aργύριος Δρακόπουλος. Eν Aλεξανδρεία, Tυπολιθογραφείον Iω. Λαγουδάκη, [1899] [Egyptian almanac of the year 1900 with images, a collaborative work of intellectuals in Greece and in our country. Second year]. Journal, GR-OF CA CL.1.3, 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/10.26256/1.3.
