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- 1926-1929 (Creation)
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24.5 x 15.5 cm
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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ8). The title "C. P. Cavafy's Poems (1916-1918)" on the cover. The collection consists of bound printed broadsheets and contains twenty-eight poems. The verso of all broadsheets is blank. The first poem ("Since Nine") is not numbered. The rest are sequentially numbered ("2" to "30"), in print or by hand, occasionally corrected by the poet. Handwriten notes by Cavafy in the poem "To Pleasure". Table of contents as well as inserted sheet with the poem titles in two columns and in chronological order. The broadsheets were printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house (Alexandria), in the period 1926-1929, on papers of various qualites and with fonts of various sizes.
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Greek
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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"Since Nine" >Α162
"Comprehension" >Α153
"In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion" >Α581
"Envoys from Alexandria" >Α162
"Aristobulus" >Α159
"Caesarion" >Α160
"Nero's Deadline" >Α158
"Safe Haven" >Α159
"One of Their Gods" >Α160
"Tomb of Lanes" >Α153
"Tomb of Iases">Α147
"In a City of Osrhoene" >Α152
"Tomb of Ignatius" >Α160
"In the Month of Hathor" >Α147
"For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610" >Α160
"Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D." >Α162
"Whenever They Are Aroused" >Α145
"To Pleasure" >Α164
"I've Gazed So Much-" >Α147
"In the Street" >Α160
"The Window of the Tobacco Shop" >Α249
"Passage" >Α160
"In Evening" >Α152
"Gray" >Α147
"Below the House" >Α163
"The Next Table" >Α163
"Remember, Body…" >Α153
"Days of 1903" >Α160
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Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy Poems (1916-1918)”. Poems (collection), 1926-1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F28-0001 (1919), 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-F28-0001.
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- Publication
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D."
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Gray"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Since Nine–"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Aristobulus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Safe Haven"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In Evening"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In a City of Osrhoene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Street"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Month of Hathor"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "One of Their Gods"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "I've Gazed So Much—"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Nero's Deadline"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Tomb of Iases"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Window of the Tobacco Shop"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Tomb of Ignatius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "To Pleasure"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Tomb of Lanes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Caesarion"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Comprehension"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Passage"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Envoys from Alexandria"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Whenever They Are Aroused"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Next Table"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Below the House"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Remember, Body"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1903"
- Poem (printed)
- Poems (collection)
- Broadsheet
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)