Onassis Cavafy Archive

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0007 (2103)

TITLE:

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“C.P. Cavafy Poems (1916-1918)”

DATE(S):

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1925-1929

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

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Item

EXTENT AND MEDIUM:

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24.5 x 15.5 cm

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

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C. P. Cavafy

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ8) comprising 32 printed broadsheets with 28 poems (the poem “In the Street” has been included twice by mistake). Cover of paperboard and title page. On both, the printed title “C. P. Cavafy Poems (1916-1918)”. All sheets have been printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas of Alexandria printing house in Alexandria in the period 1925-1929. Fonts of different sizes and papers of various qualities. Printed numbering of the sheets (2-30) at top right of the recto, crossed out in several instances by Cavafy. Table of contents on the recto of the last sheet, and loose sheet with the poems listed chronologically (1916-1918) in two columns. Handwritten emendation by Cavafy in the text of a poem.

CONDITIONS GOVERNING REPRODUCTION:

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:

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Greek

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.

RELATED WORKS BY C. P. CAVAFY:

Reference to the works of C. P. Cavafy that are directly related to the described digital object, followed by their number of entry in the C. P. Cavafy Bibliography (ed. by D. Daskalopoulos).

“Since Nine” >Α162
“Comprehension” >Α153
“In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion” >Α581
“Envoys from Alexandria” >Α162
“Aristobulus” >Α159
“Caesarion” >A160
“Nero’s Deadline” >Α158
“Safe Haven” >Α159
“One of Their Gods” >Α160
“Tomb of Lanes” >Α153
“Tomb of Iases”>Α147
“In a City of Osrhoene” >Α152
“Tomb of Ignatius” >Α160
“In the Month of Hathor” >Α147
“For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610” >Α160
“Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D.” >Α162
“Whenever They Are Aroused” >Α145
“To Pleasure” >Α164
“I’ve Gazed So Much-” >Α147
“In the Street” >Α160
“The Window of the Tobacco Shop” >Α249
“Passage” >Α160
“In Evening” >Α152
“Gray” >Α147
“Below the House” >Α163
“The Next Table” >Α163
“Remember, Body…” >Α153
“Days of 1903” >Α160