Letters from an Ignorantine to his pupil. Reprint of the original edition published in 1884.
(Anti-clerical collection). Paris, P. Fort, libraire, s.a.
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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION
- CAVAFY LIBRARY
French
18 x 11.5 cm; 2 s.p. + 144 p. + 2 s.p., price of the book “2 francs” on the spine. On the front cover, l. 1 and p. [1] number “8c” marked with pencil on recto, p. [1] half-title page and bookplate CPC, p. [2] titles of the same publishing house and typographical data, p. [3] title page and typographic ornament, p. [4]-9 “Note de l’éditeur”, p. 144 colophon. Titles of the publishing house and typographical data on back cover.
CPC
The handwritten note was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini-Iatrou. See Michaila Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 75.
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Lettres d’un ignorantin à son élève. Réimpression conforme à l’original déja publié en 1884. (Collection anti-cléricale). Paris, P. Fort, libraire, s.a. [Letters from an Ignorantine to his pupil]. Book, GR-OF CA CL.8.6, 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/10.26256/8.6.
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