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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first and third pages of three double sheet letterheads of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Pages 2-6 are numbered at top right. Excerpt from a sonnet by the French poet Félix Arvers and related comments. Update on the social life in Alexandria and on family matters.

Handwritten letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy on the recto of three sheets. Remarks on the 1884 crisis ("Change panic") and its impact on the financial activity in the area, with references to companies that went bankrupt. Commentary on persons of the social circle of Alexandria. Description of entertainment and free time habits of the time. Sheet numbers are indicated (2-3). (Alexandria)

Personal scrapbook of many sheets with attached printed and handwritten invites addressed to Paul and the Cavafy family for various social events, some newspaper publications as well as other relevant souvenirs (menus, lists with balls etc.). On some pages, handwritten notes, either of chronological indications noting the changing of the years or, rarely, clarifying notes about an invitation etc.