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  • 1. Cher Mr Cavafy,
    2. Je me permets de vous
    3. faire l’ envoi fâcheux de
    4. mon nouveau-né. Entre
    5. poètes, on se fait de ces
    6. taquineries. Tout en excusant
    7. cette désinvolture, veuillez
  •    1. noter que ce malhereux poème
        2. date de 1901 et qu’ il réclame
        3. donc toute indulgence. Acceptez

       4. le en souvenir et en amitié.

              5.      Bien, vôtre,
                 6.      Louis Fleri



             7. Mardi 1 mars 1904.
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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION
- CAVAFY LIBRARY

REFERENCE CODE:
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GR-OF CA CL.8.106
TITLE:
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Le poème d’Elvire

AUTHOR:
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Fleri, Louis

PUBLICATION YEAR:
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1901[=1904]
PUBLICATION PLACE:
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FORMAT:
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LANGUAGE:
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French


DESCRIPTION:
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23.5 x 13 cm; 21 p. + 3 s.p. + 1 insert, between front cover and l. 1 is inserted a mourning card by the author to C. P. Cavafy with a handwritten note in black ink about the author’s lost newborn baby, p. [1] bookplate CPC, p. 2 other works by the same author and printed note about the edition, p. 3 half-title page, p. 4 printed note about copies, p. 5 second half-title page, p. 6 motto, p. [24] colophon.


BOOKPLATE/ΕX LIBRIS:
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CPC

MOTTO:
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Romeo and Juliet [Shakespeare, William]
READING TRACES:
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No reading traces
INSERT:
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Card

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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The insert was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini-Iatrou. See Michaila Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 87 (© 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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PERSONS:
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Bernard, Émile
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Fleri, Louis
CORPORATE BODIES:
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Printing Office V. Penasson
SUBJECT:
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Foreign literature
RELATED TOPICS:
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Poetry