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- 7/4/1912 (Creation)
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28.2 x 22 cm
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Handwritten letter by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy from Bellagio, Italy, according to the letterhead, on all sides of a bifolio. Extensive description of the trip he is making in Italy. He expresses his admiration for the places he visits and comments on the works of art he sees there ("Venus de Medici, Madonna della Sedie" etc.). He informs the poet about the impending trip schedule as well as of the identity and the status of the family he is accompanying. Of note is the use of French words and phrases in the flow of written discourse. (Bellagio)
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Mainly Greek
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Letterhead: Hôtel Grande Bretagne, Bellagio, Lac de Come-Italie, Auguste Meyer, with a painting drawing (view of the area and the building complex). Black and blue ink. Indiscernible watermark.
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Cavafy, Paul. “Letter by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 07.04.1912. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF002-0049 (566), 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-F20-SF002-0049.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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Place access points
- Italy
- Hyères (France)
- Italian Riviera
- San Remo (Italy)
- Genoa / Genova (Italy)
- Pisa (Italy)
- Florence (Italy)
- Venice (Italy)
- Milan (Italy)
- Lake Como (Italy)
- Lugano (Switzerland)
- St Gotthard Pass (Alps)
- Basel (Switzerland)
- Bosphorus (Turkey)
- Como (Italy)
- Tremezzo (Italy)
- Cadenabbia (Italy)
- France
- Frickley (England)
- Yorkshire (England)
- Bellagio (Italy)
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- Cavafy, Paul (Authority)
- Michelangelo (Subject)
- Raphael (Subject)
- Meyer, Auguste (Subject)
- Warde-Adam, family (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)