Ossian. The Poems Translated. With Dissertations on the Aera and Poems of Ossian and Dr. Blair’s Critical Dissertation.
(Collection of British Authors. Vol. 116). Transl. James Macpherson. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 <1881>
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16.5 x 12 cm; VI p. + 382 p. + 1 insert, price of the book “Μ. 1.60” on the spine. P. [I] information about the series and written dedication of John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy in black ink and bookplate CPC, p. [III] title page, p. [V]-VI “Contents”, p. [1]-5 “Preface”. Clipping of Angelina Anastasiadi’s visiting card is inserted between p. 54-55, handwritten note with pencil on verso. Marks and underlining on p. 60, 119, 161-162, 180-181, 208, 239, 261, 281, 297, 381-382, reading traces on p. 112-113, 119, 125, 161, 380, 382. C. P. Cavafy’s signature in English is noted with pencil on p. 83, p. 382 colophon.
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. 69 (© 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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