The necklace of old Sumbul. (Popular Arabic proverbs). Transl. Ahmed Rassim. , , s.a.

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  •                       1. Au poète Cavafy,
                      2. avec les hommages de
                      3. l' auteur.
                     4.       Ahmed Rassim
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The necklace of old Sumbul. (Popular Arabic proverbs)

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Imprimerie F. E. Noury & Fils, Le Caire
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Rassim, Ahmed
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Proverbes populaires arabes

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20 x 14 cm; 90 s.p., p. [1] half-title page with bookplate CPC and written dedication of the translator Ahmed Rassim to C. P. Cavafy in black ink in French, p. [3] other works by the same author, p. [5-7] “Preface du traducteur” and p. [9]-[11] “Dedicace”. Typographical data on back cover.


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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. 75 (© 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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Le collier de la vieille zoumboul. (Proverbes populaires arabes). Transl. Ahmed Rassim. , , s.a. [The necklace of old Sumbul. (Popular Arabic proverbs)]. Book, GR-OF CA CL.8.4, 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/10.26256/8.4.

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