The splendour of a morning : early poems of C.P. Cavafy = Hē hena prōi tēs phengero : prōima poiēmata tou K.P. Kavaphē / C.P. Cavafy ; translated from the Greek by David Smulders ; Greek text edited by Anthony Hirst ; with five wood engravings by Peter Lazarov.

Author
Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Modern Greek (1453-)
Published/​Created
  • Mission, British Columbia : Barbarian Press, MMXVI [2016]
  • ©2016.
Description
xiv, 73 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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    Notes
    • "Greek text reprinted ... from The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text ... edited by Anthony Hirst (Oxford University Press, 2007)"--Title page verso.
    • "Published by Jan and Crispin Elsted at Barbarian Press in the summer of 2016 in an edition of 100 copies. Of these, 50 Regular copies are bound in split boards with a labelled silk spin, and 50 Deluxe copies, also in split boards, have a labelled morocco spine and are slipcased with a folder containing strikes of Peter Lazarov's five engravings. The books were bound by Alanna Simenson at Mad Hatter Bookbinding Company in Sooke, B.C. The types are Antigone and Van Dijck with Open Kapitalen for display, all designed by Jan van Krimpen, and are hand-set by Crispin Elsted. The text paper is Zerkall Smooth White Wove. Crispin Elsted designed the book, and it was printed by Jan Elsted. Peter Lazarov's engravings are printed from the wood. ... This is the 45th book from the press."
    • Errata slip tipped in at end.
    Language note
    Greek text with English translation on facing pages.
    Source acquisition
    Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund.
    Other title(s)
    • Hena prōi tēs phengero : prōima poiēmata tou K.P. Kavaphē
    • Cavafy
    ISBN
    • 9780920971482 ((standard binding))
    • 0920971482 ((standard binding))
    • 9780920971499 ((deluxe binding))
    • 0920971490 ((deluxe binding))
    OCLC
    987645889
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