Item 0002 (1924) - "C. P. Cavafy Poems (1907-1915)"

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F31-0002 (1924)

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"C. P. Cavafy Poems (1907-1915)"

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  • 1924-1927 (Creation)

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23.5 x 15.5 cm

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Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ6). The title "C. P. Cavafy's Poems (1907-1915)" on the cover and title page. The collection contains thirty-eight poems and consists of bound broadsheets, printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in the period 1924-1927, on papers of various qualities and with fonts of various sizes. Handwritten dedication by Cavafy to Tellos Agras on the verso of the title page. On one side of the last two sheets, table of contents printed in 1926. The verso of all sheets is blank. The sheets are numbered sequentially ("2" to "44") at top right, usually in print and occasionally corrected by Cavafy. Underlinings, notes and references to publications by Dimaras on many pages as well as on the cover, handwritten by Agras.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations.

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      "The City" >Α107
      "The Satrapy" >Α108
      "But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent" >Α385
      "Ides of March" >Α111
      "Finished" >Α112
      "The God Abandons Antony" >Α116
      "Theodotus" >Α138
      "Monotony" >Α98
      "Ithaca" >Α122
      "As Much As You Can" >Α133
      "The Glory of the Ptolemies" >Α121
      "The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
      "The Battle of Magnesia" >Α142
      "The Seleucid's Displeasure" >Α142
      "Orophernes" >Α142
      "Alexandrian Kings" >Α129
      "Philhellene" >Α127
      "The Steps" >Α106
      "Herodes Atiicus" >Α125
      "Sculptor from Tyana" >Α114
      "The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian" >Α135
      "Tomb of Eurion" >Α135
      "That Is He" >Α104
      "Dangerous" >Α123
      "Manuel Comnenus" >Α142
      "In the Church" >Α227
      "Very Rarely" >Α132
      "In Stock" >Α133
      "Painted" >Α141
      "Morning Sea" >Α141
      "Song of Ionia" >Α46
      "In the Entrance of the Café" >Α152
      "One Night" >Α141
      "Come Back" >Α131
      "Far Off" >Α152
      "He Swears" >Α195
      "I Went" >Α133
      "Chandelier" >Α137

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy Poems (1907-1915)”. Poems (collection), 1924-1927. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F31-0002 (1924), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F31-0002.

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