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- 1925-1929 (Creation)
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24.5 x 15.5 cm
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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ8) comprising 32 printed broadsheets with 28 poems (the poem "In the Street" has been included twice by mistake). Cover of paperboard and title page. On both, the printed title "C. P. Cavafy Poems (1916-1918)". All sheets have been printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas of Alexandria printing house in Alexandria in the period 1925-1929. Fonts of different sizes and papers of various qualities. Printed numbering of the sheets (2-30) at top right of the recto, crossed out in several instances by Cavafy. Table of contents on the recto of the last sheet, and loose sheet with the poems listed chronologically (1916-1918) in two columns. Handwritten emendation by Cavafy in the text of a poem.
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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" >A160
"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), 1925-1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0007 (2103), 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-F27-0007.
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- Publication
- Poems (collection)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D."
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Gray"
- 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 » "Remember, Body"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Tomb of Iases"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Tomb of Ignatius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Window of the Tobacco Shop"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "To Pleasure"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Tomb of Lanes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Below the House"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Caesarion"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1903"
- 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"
- Poem (printed)
- Broadsheet
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Name access points
- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)