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  •         1. Robert J. Moss

                  2. December 1898

              3. Το Constantine


                 4. with my best

                        5. regards
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- CAVAFY LIBRARY

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GR-OF CA CL.8.297
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La main de Sainte-Modestine

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Schultz, Jeanne
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Calmann-Lévy (editions)

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1899
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French


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18.5 x 12 cm; 6 s.p. + 262 p. + 4 s.p. + 1 insert, handwritten signature of Robert J. Moss on the front cover, along with a note of the year in black ink and written dedication to C. P. Cavafy with blue pencil. L. 1 bookplate CPC on recto, l. 2 half-title page on recto, other works by the author and typographical data on verso, l. 3 title page. Between p. 110-111 a four-page pamphlet for the book La Reine Marie-Antouanette, with information about the book and excerpts of book reviews. P. [263] “Table” and colophon. Recent publications of the publishing house on the back cover.


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Robert J. Moss

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Moss, Robert J.
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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. 107 (© 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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Moss, Robert Johnson
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Schultz, Jeanne
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Imprimerie Chaix
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Foreign literature
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Prose

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DOI: 10.26256/8.297
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