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- 11/11/1884 (Creation)
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27.3 x 21.9 cm
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Handwritten letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy on two sheets, with notes until the recto of the second. It is a reply to a letter dated 3 November. Reference to the matter of his eyesight and to the book How to use our eyes [and how to preserve them by the aid of spectacles] by J. Browning, with whom he is in correspondence. He expresses satisfaction for his business with a foreign publishing house (Routledge); he mentions, inter alia, the work "Theodora" by Kl. Ragkavis. On the occasion of his engagement in hunting, he gives information regarding the regime of entry into privately owned areas ("Pastré’s Gardens"). (Alexandria)
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English
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Letterhead: Ant. M. Ralli Alexandria, Egypt. Blue ink. Watermark: W J & Co Extra Strong 3009. Physical item wear: oxidations; holes in both sheets.
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Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th.. “Letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy”. Letter, 11.11.1884. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0056 (1696), 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-SS01-F18-SF002-0056.
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- Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th. (Authority)
- Philip, (?) (Subject)
- Philip, Andrew Victor (Subject)
- Pastré, Jules (Subject)
- Browning, John (Subject)
- Ragkavis, Kleon (Subject)
- Routledge (editions) (Subject)
- Synadinos, family (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Schilizzi, Stephen Z. (Subject)
- Osman Pasha Orphi (Subject)