Handwritten prose text by Cavafy on 14 sheets and 9 double sheet notepapers. Pages 4-38 are numbered. The upper half of page 30 is typewritten. The text narrates the history of the Cavafy family from the 18th century (1728) and Peter Cavafy to the time and family of the poet, citing all known information on every person, providing more details and placing greater emphasis on the members of his own family as well as on members of other (often related) families linked to it. Cancellations; abbreviations. Interpolated words in Greek. The date indication ("1903") is provided by the author of the text (page 19).
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Handwritten text on four sheets, with notes on all sides. The text describes the history of the Cavafy family. It includes a short family tree with John Cavafy and his children. Cancellations and emendations in pencil by the poet's brother, John.
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Handwritten prose text by Cavafy on the recto of six sheets; blank versos. Sheets 1 to 5 are numbered at top left. Part of the fourth sheet has been cut off, while 5 and 6 are half. They are preceded by another sheet, by way of cover, with the handwritten title of the text ("A Night Out in Kalinderi"); blank verso. Sheets 4 and 6 contain a poem. Cancellations in red ink.
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