Classical Theatre: including The Cid, Horace, Cinna, Polyeucte by Corneille; Britannicus, Esther, Athalie by Racine; Mérope by Voltaire; and The Misanthrope by Molière. With the authors’ prefaces, Corneille’s examinations, textual variants, and the principal adaptations. Edit. Ad. Regnier. (New Classical Editions published with historical and literary notes). Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1863

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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION
- CAVAFY LIBRARY

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GR-OF CA CL.8.11

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Classical Theatre: including The Cid, Horace, Cinna, Polyeucte by Corneille; Britannicus, Esther, Athalie by Racine; Mérope by Voltaire; and The Misanthrope by Molière. With the authors’ prefaces, Corneille’s examinations, textual variants, and the principal adaptations

EDITOR:

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Regnier, Ad.

PUBLISHER:

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Librairie Hachette et Cie

BOOK SERIES:

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Nouvelles éditions classiques publiées avec des notes historiques et littéraires

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1863

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Paris (France)

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Book

LANGUAGE:

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French

DESCRIPTION:

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18 x 10 cm; 2 s.p. + 724 p. + 2 inserts, between front cover and l. 1 is an improvised clipping with John Cavafy’s poem “Super flumina Babylonis”, which was published in Public Opinion in 1884; the title of the journal and the date are marked with pencil. L. 1 title page and bookplate CPC on recto, p. [1] half-title page, p. [2] Bolieau’s and Jean de La Bruyère’s reviews about the work Cid, p. [3]-4 “Εpitre de Corneille”, p. [5]-9 “Αvertissement de Corneille”. Pencil marks on p. 11, 170, 498, 503-504, 650, 670. C. P. Cavafy’s handwritten signature with pencil in French on p. 504. Handwritten note with a passage from Balzac’s work found between p. 650-651. P. [723]-724 “Table des matières” and p. 724 colophon. Titles of the publishing house and typographical data on back cover.

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CPC
Constantin Cavafy

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With reading traces

INSERT:

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Press clipping

Note (handwritten)

NOTE:

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Insert with the printed poem “Super flumina Babylonis” by John Cavafy, which is a translation of Psalm 136. Linked with the following documents of the archive: https://cavafy.onassis.org/el/object/john-46/, https://cavafy.onassis.org/el/object/john-9/

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation