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- 1910 (Creation)
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22 x 15 cm
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Printed poetry collection by Cavafy (Β2). It consists of a paperboard cover, a title page, the poems on pages 3-39 and a table of contents on pages 41-42. The collection was printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in Alexandria, in 1910. It has been bound with a hardcover. Handwritten dedication by Cavafy to N. Vatimbella on the title page.
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Greek
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Publication note
"Voices" >Α79
"Longings" >Α85
"Candles" >Α61
"An Old Man" >Α54
"Prayer" >Α55
"Old Men's Souls" >A68
"The First Step" >Α62
"Interruption" >Α70
"Thermopylae" >Α19
"Che fece... il gran rifiuto" >Α67
"The Windows" >Α75
"Trojans" >Α87
"Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
"Monotony" >Α98
"Betrayal" >Α78
"The Funeral of Sarpedon" >Α100, Α58
"The Horses of Achilles" >Α54
"The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
"King Demetrius" >Α90
"The Steps" >Α106
"That Is He" >Α104
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Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy Poems”. Publication, 24.03.1905. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F33-0001 (2109), 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-F33-0001.
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- Publication
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "King Demetrius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Betrayal"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Prayer"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Interruption"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "An Old Man"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Longings"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Funeral of Sarpedon"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Thermopylae"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Retinue of Dionysus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Monotony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Waiting for the Barbarians"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Horses of Achilles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Voices"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Trojans"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Steps"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Che fece… il gran rifiuto"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Windows"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The First Step"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "That is He"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Old Men's Souls"
- Poem (printed)
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Vatimbella, Nikolaos (Subject)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)