Cattaui, Héli-Georges. The Promise Fulfilled. Paris, Sold by Camille Bloch, 1922

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  •                 1. à Constantin Cavafy,


                 2. qui, dans Alexandrie,

                 3. perpétue la tradition


                  4. des anciens chantres

                      5. de l'Hellade,


                  6. et, par sa merveilleuse

                      7. connaissance

                  8. des époques passées,





  •                     9. évoque les sages

                   10. de l'ancienne Alexandrie,







                           11. Héli-Georges Cattaui




                              12. méditerranéen.



                       13. Alexandrie.

                          14. 15 Aout 1922
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The Promise Fulfilled

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Cattaui, Héli-Georges
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Camille Bloch

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1922
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19 x 12 cm; 104 p. + 8 s.p., p. [1-2] bookplate CPC and written dedication of the author to C. P. Cavafy in black ink in French, p. [3] half-title page, p. [4] title page, p. [7] printed dedication to Maurice Barrès, p. [9] motto, p. 103-104 “Table des matières” and p. [108] colophon and points of sale for the book.


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Corinthiens [Saul de Tarse]
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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. 81 (© 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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Cattaui, Héli-Georges
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Camille Bloch
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Poetry

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Cattaui, Héli-Georges. La promesse accomplie. Paris, Se vend chez Camille Bloch, 1922 [The Promise Fulfilled]. Book, GR-OF CA CL.8.49, 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/10.26256/8.49.

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