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Handwritten letter by Stephen Schilizzi and M. Ralli [Mike Th. Ralli] to Cavafy on all sides of two bifolios. The content is divided into two distinct sections, with different authors and dates. It is a reply to a letter by the poet. Commentary on people from their friendly circle as well as from the broader social and political circle of Alexandria and Egypt. Description of social events and happenings. Information about their everyday activities (classes, entertainment). Reference to the newspaper The Egyptian Gazette. Cancellations; use of Greek and French words and phrases in the flow of written discourse. The letters are accompanied by an envelope with the sender's details in French and mail rubber stamps. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy on all sides of a bifolio. The author refers to the re-opening of the school of Konstantinos Papazis, describing in detail the classes he attends and their syllabus. He comments on persons from his friendly circle and the broader social circle of Alexandria as well as on events related to them; he also expresses his interest in rumours of a war between England and Turkey. He refers to the journal Parnassos and to Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Cancellations and emendations. Numbers in pencil at the top of the first page. (Alexandria)

Four handwritten prose texts in English, on both sides of two sheets, the first of which has been cut in half. Numbering on two of the pages ("1', "2"), which is neither sequential not written by the poet. Footnotes and bibliographical references. Short quote from a poem in Greek. Fragment of unidentified text in the upper part of the first page.

Fragment of a handwritten prose text by Cavafy on the life and work of the sophists, on both sides of six ruled sheets (pages 5-15). The odd pages are numbered at top right in pencil. The text includes footnotes. The beginning and the end of the text are missing.