The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Translated out of the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611 compared with the most ancient authorities and revised. Oxford at the University Press, 1885

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- CAVAFY LIBRARY

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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Translated out of the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611 compared with the most ancient authorities and revised

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Oxford University Press

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1885
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10 x 14.5 cm; 4 s.p. + Χ p. + 696 p. + XV p. + 204 p. + 2 s.p. + 1 insert, l. 1 John Cavafy’s handwritten signature on verso, accompanied by a note of the imprint with pencil, l. 2 half-title page with bookplate CPC, handwritten note of number “1664” with pencil on recto and information about the edition on verso, p. [Ι] title page, p. [ΙΙ] printed note with information about the edition, p. [ΙΙΙ] printed note with the titles and the arrangement of the books in the Old Testament, p. [IV] printed note with the titles and the arrangement of the books in the New Testament, p. [V]-X “Preface”, pencil marks on p. [1], 281, 289, p. [681]-696 “Appendix”, half-title page of the New Testament continues on p. [Ι], p. [ΙΙ] information about the edition, p. [ΙΙΙ] title page of the New Testament, p. [IV] information about the edition, p. [V]-XV “Preface”, p. 51 mark, p. [195]-204 “Appendix” and p. [205] handwritten note with pencil. Pamphlet of the Oxford University Press Warehouse inserted between p. 204-[205].


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Jοhn C. Cavafy

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Cavafy, John Constantine
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This is the *Old* and the *New Testament* bound together in a single edition. The edition of the Old Testament contains 694 p. and the edition of the New Testament contains 204 p. There are pages between editions with Roman numerals, including endsheets at the front and prefatory parts.
On verso of l. 1 a paper is attached on John Cavafy’s handwritten note.


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Cavafy, John Constantine
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Oxford University Press
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