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- 1887-1893 (Creation)
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16 x 10 cm
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Handmade notepad with handwritten notes describing the amounts of winnings and losses per game, per month and the total per year, for the period January 1887 – April 1893. The notepad comprises twenty-five sheets. They all (except two) have text on both sides. The last sheet is blank. The title "Gambling" at the bottom of the recto of the first sheet. Bifolio with notes in English on the first three pages; the last page is blank. Abbreviations.
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations, tears and holes. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Gambling”. Notepad (handmade), 1887-1893. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0001 (974), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0001.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)