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- 1917-1920 (Creation)
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25 x 16 cm
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Collection of poems by Cavafy, comprising 44 loose printed broadsheets, with 40 poems on the recto. The verso of all sheets is blank, except for one, which bears handwritten notes. They have all been printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house during the period 1917-1920. Two of the broadsheets have an indication of the month in which they were printed (July 1919). They bear printed numbering (3-41) at top right of the recto, crossed out and corrected on several instances in ink by Cavafy. The first poem ("But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent") bears the number 14, crossed out in ink. The next poem ("In the Entrance of the Café") bears the number "3" (corrected by hand from the printed "16"). From there on, the numbering is sequential. There is no front cover, rear cover or table of contents. Handwritten notes by Tellos Agras in pencil on some of the broadsheets. A hole at top left of all sheets indicates that they were bound using a paperclip. Accompanied by envelope.
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Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Oxidations, tears and wears; paperclip holes.
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"But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent" >Α385
"In the Entrance of the Café" >Α152
"He Swears" >Α195
"One Night" >Α141
"Morning Sea" >Α141
"Painted" >Α141
"Orophernes" >Α142
"The Battle of Magnesia" >Α142
"Manuel Comnenus" >Α142
"The Seleucid's Displeasure" >Α142
"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
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Collection of broadsheets”. Poems (collection), 1917-1920. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF001-0013 (2072), 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-SF001-0013.
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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 » "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 » "Painted"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Nero's Deadline"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Morning Sea"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Seleucid's Displeasure"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Battle of Magnesia"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The City"
- 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 » "Manuel Comnenus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Caesarion"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1903"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "To Stay"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "One Night"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Comprehension"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Afternoon Sun"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Passage"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Envoys from Alexandria"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "He Swears"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Entrance of the Café"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Orophernes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Whenever They Are Aroused"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Next Table"
- Poem (printed)
- Loose prints
- Broadsheet
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)