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- [1889] (Creation)
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32.3 x 20.7 cm
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Handwritten draft letter by C. P. Cavafy to his brother, Aristeidis, from the 1889 correspondence series, on both sides of a sheet. Cancellations, emendations and abbreviations. Use of English and French words and phrases. Reference to the absence of Aristeidis Cavafy abroad and to the need for his return as well as to financial matters.
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Mainly Greek
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Notepaper. Black ink. Physical item wear: oxidations; small holes in various parts of one of the sheets; the paper is nearly cut off in two parts at the folding point.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter to Aristeidis Cavafy”. Letter (draft), [1889]. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F19-0017 (462), 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-S01-SS02-F19-0017.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Vouros, Georgios D. (Subject)
- Vouros, family (Subject)
- Cavafy (Vourou), Maria (Marie) (Subject)
- Cavafy, Aristeidis (Subject)
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Similarities to the draft letter to Aristeidis of 14 October 1889.