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- 1916-1929 (Creation)
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31.5 x 41 cm
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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ7) comprising 88 poems in approximately 100 loose printed broadsheets. Double-sheet of paperboard in lieu of cover, with the printed title "C. P. Cavafy Poems. Alexandria 1916-1929" in its first page (the second date has been enterd by the poet). A second double-sheet follows, the first page of which serves as the title page (the second date has been added by hand and has been corrected); the second page is blank; the last two pages contain the table of contents, arranged chronologically by year (1916-1929) as well as handwritten additions for the years 1926-1929. The poems bear printed numbering, in many instances corrected by hand. Handwritten emendations in the verses of some poems (9, 14, 50, 67, 68, 71, 74, 88). The sheets bear printer's details and, in some cases, additional information regarding the year in which they were first printed (1924-1929).
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Greek
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Black and green ink. Thick and plain paper. Black and green ink. Physical item wear: oxidations; tears in the double-sheets; holes in all sheets at the point of joining.
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"Whenever They Are Aroused" >Α145
"In the Street" >Α160
"In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion" >Α581
"In a City of Osrhoene" >Α152
"Passage" >Α160
"For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610" >Α160
"One of Their Gods" >Α160
"In Evening" >Α152
"To Pleasure" >Α164
"Gray" >Α147
"Tomb of Iases" >Α147
"In the Month of Hathor" >Α147
"I've Gazed So Much-" >Α147
"Tomb of Ignatius" >Α160
"Days of 1903" >Α160
"The Window of the Tobacco Shop" >Α249
"Caesarion" >Α160
"Remember, Body…" >Α153
"Tomb of Lanes" >Α153
"Comprehension" >Α153
"Nero's Deadline" >Α158
"Envoys from Alexandria" >Α162
"Aristobulus" >Α159
"Safe Haven" >Α159
"Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D." >Α162
"Since Nine" >Α162
"Below the House" >Α163
"The Next Table" >Α163
"The Afternoon Sun" >Α164
"To Stay" >Α232
"Of the Jews (50 A.D.)" >Α165
"Imenus" >Α165
"Aboard the Ship" >Α179
"Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)" >Α167
"If Indeed He Died" >Α171
"Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)" >Α171
"That They Come-" >Α179
"Darius" >Α344
"Anna Comnena" >Α241
"Byzantine Noble, in Exile, Versifying" >Α179
"Their Beginning" >Α201
"Favour of Alexander Balas" >Α181
"Melancholy of Jason, Son of Cleander: Poet in Commagene: 595 A.D." >Α191
"Demaratus" >Α192
"I Brought to Art" >Α181
"From the School of the Renowned Philosopher" >Α191
"Maker of Wine Bowls" >Α581
"Those Who Fought on Behalf of the Achaean League" >Α222
"For Antiochus Epiphanes" >Α364
"In An Old Book" >Α216
"In Despair" >Α581
"Julian, Seeing Indifference" >Α386
"Epitaph of Antiochus, King of Commagene" >Α620
"Theater of Sidon (400 A.D.)" >Α249
"Julian in Nicomedea" >Α225
"Before Time Could Alter Them" >Α225
"He Came to Read-" >Α234
"In 31 B.C. in Alexandria" >Α234
"John Cantacuzenus Triumphs" >Α249
"Temethus, an Antiochene: 400 A.D." >Α255
"Of Colored Glass" >Α259
"The 25th Year of His Life" >Α259
"On the Italian Seashore" >Α259
"In the Boring Village" >Α309
"Apollonius of Tyana in Rhodes" >Α281
"Cleitus's Illness" >Α282
"In a Municipality of Asia Minor" >Α275
"Priest of the Serapeum" >Α282
"In the Taverns-" >Α368
"A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen" >Α357
"Sophist Departing from Syria" >Α293
"Julian and the Antiochenes" >Α620
"Anna Dalassene" >Α293
"Days of 1896" >Α301
"Two Young Men, 23 to 24 Years Old" >Α322
"Greek Since Ancient Times" >Α344
"Days of 1901" >Α581
"You Didn't Understand" >Α311
"A Young Man, Skilled in the Art of the Word - in his 24th Year" >Α575
"In Sparta" >Α357
"Portrait of a Young Man of Twenty-Three Done by His Friend of the Same Age, an Amateur" >Α346
"In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C." >Α345
"Potentate from Western Libya" >Α327
"Cimon Son of Learchus, 22 Years Old, Teacher of Greek Letters (in Cyrene)" >Α581
"On the March to Sinope" >Α332
"Days of 1909, '10, and '11" >Α346
"Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D.">Α344
"Alexander Jannaeus, and Alexandra" >Α364
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Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy Poems [1916-1929]”. Poems (collection), 1916-1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF003-0016 (2083), 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-SF01-S01-F02-SF003-0016.
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- Poems (collection)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D."
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Byzantine Noble, in Exile, Versifying"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Alexander Jannaeus, and Alexandra"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Gray"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Anna Dalassene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Anna Comnena"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "That They Come–"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Since Nine–"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Darius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "From the School of the Renowned Philosopher"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Of Colored Glass"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Demaratus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Of Demetrius Soter (165-150 B.C.)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Apollonius of Tyana in Rhodes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Aristobulus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Two Young Men, 23 to 24 Years Old"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Portrait of a Young Man of Twenty-Three Done by His Friend of the Same Age, an Amateur"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "On the Italian Seashore"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Safe Haven"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "I Brought to Art"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In Despair"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In a Municipality of Asia Minor"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In Evening"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C."
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In a City of Osrhoene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "On the March to Sinope"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In Sparta"
- 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 » "A Young Man, Skilled in the Art of the Word- in His 24th Year"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Epitaph of Antiochus, King of Commagene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "I've Gazed So Much—"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Favour of Alexander Balas"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Their Beginning"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Nero's Deadline"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Theater of Sidon (400 A. D.)"
- 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 » "Priest of the Serapeum"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Imenus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Potentate from Western Libya"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "To Pleasure"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "He Came to Read—"
- 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 » "A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Cimon Son of Learchus, 22 Years Old, Teacher of Greek Letters (in Cyrene)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1896"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Melancholy of Jason, Son of Cleander: Poet in Commagene: 595 A.D."
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1901"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1903"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "To Stay"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1909, '10, and '11"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Taverns"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Comprehension"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D. "
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Afternoon Sun"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Greek Since Ancient Times"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Passage"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Julian in Nicomedia"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Julian and the Antiochenes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Julian, Seeing Indifference"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Envoys from Alexandria"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "John Cantacuzenus Triumphs"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Before Time Could Alter Them"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "For Antiochus Epiphanes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Boring Village"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Whenever They Are Aroused"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Those Who Fought on Behalf of the Achaean League"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "You Didn't Understand"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Sophist Departing from Syria"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In an Old Book"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Next Table"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Maker of Wine Bowls"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Temethus, an Antiochene : 400 A.D."
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The 25th Year of His Life"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Year 31 B.C. in Alexandria"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "If Indeed He Died"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Aboard the Ship"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Of the Jews (50 A.D.)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Cleitus's Illness"
- Poem (printed)
- Loose prints
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)