Dobrée, Bonamy. Sir John Denham: A Conversation between Bishop Henry King and Edmund Waller, at the Palace, Chichester, March 1669. Kensington, At the Cayme Press, 1927

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  •              1. C.P. Cavafy
                   2. in homage
                    3.     from                   4.       Bonamy Dobrée
       5. Cairo-Alexandria       6. 17. X.’29.




  •         not have shamed Catullus had he writ in English.







  •     / beside warmth and a reality / which our triumphs in the
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Sir John Denham: A Conversation between Bishop Henry King and Edmund Waller, at the Palace, Chichester, March 1669

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Dobrée, Bonamy
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23 x 17.5 cm; 18 p. + 4 s.p., p. [1] bookplate CPC and author’s written dedication to C. P. Cavafy in English in black ink, p. [3] half-title page with typographical information, p. [4] printed note with the number of copies, p. [5] title page, p. [6] printed note regarding reprinting by The New Criterion. Handwritten corrections in black ink on p. 14 and [18]. P. [20] typographic ornament and imprint of the publication.


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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. 60 (© 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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Dobrée, Bonamy. Sir John Denham: A Conversation between Bishop Henry King and Edmund Waller, at the Palace, Chichester, March 1669. Kensington, At the Cayme Press, 1927. Book, GR-OF CA CL.7.26, 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/10.26256/7.26.

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