10.26256/ca-sf01-s01-f01-sf001-0035

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In the Cemetery Collection

C. P. Cavafy,
Two ruled sheets, initially affixed together. On one side of the first sheet, manuscript of the poem In the Cemetery, not in Cavafy's handwriting. The crossed out number 24 and date indication (May 1893) at top left. The handwritten signature C. P. Cavafy, in pencil, at bottom right. On the other side manuscript of the poem The Lagid's Hospitality, not in Cavafy's handwriting either. On one side of the second sheet, the poem Alexandrian Merchant handwritten by Cavafy. crossed out untitled poem, also handwritten by Cavafy, on the other side. Number 23 at top right. The sides of the sheets with the poems The Lagid's Hospitality and Alexandrian Merchant were initially pasted together. The titles have been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poems.

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