Le Sage, [Alain René]. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Edition with Notes and a Preface. Edit. Saint-Marc Girardin. Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, s.a.
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18.5 x 12 cm; 2 s.p. + XX p. + 752 p. + 2 s.p., written dedication in English by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy in black ink on front cover, l. 1 bookplate CPC on recto, p. [Ι] half-title page, p. [ΙΙ] typographical data, p. [ΙΙΙ] title page, p. [V]-XX “Notice sur la Sage” by Saint-Marc Girardin, p. 1-2 note for the readers “Gil Blas au lecteur”, p. [747]-752 table of contents and p. 752 colophon. On the back cover, list with publications by the publishing house and price for every volume “3 fr. 50”.
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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. 96 (© Michaila-Karampini Iatrou, 2003). This is a new transcription by the literary documentation working group of the Cavafy library (© Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation, 2024).
