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[Lütgendorf, Karl Friedrich August, Freiherr von]

Die Unentschlossenheit einer Mutter, oder die zwey Neffen. Ein Schauspielin einem Aufzug vom Verfasser von: Trennung aus Stolz

Munich: Joseph Lentner, 1798 Rare one-act play by Karl von Lütgendorf, author of Trennung aus Stolz(1794). “The Indecision of a Mother”: the noble lady, fifteen years a widow, has a terrible secret. When she gave birth to a son, another woman had a boy at the same time; the two babies were mixed up and she was unable to tell which was hers. She paid the woman a thousand gulden in cash and a valuable diamond necklace, swore her to secrecy, and raised the boys as twins. Her loathsome brother-in-law discovered the secret in a deathbed confession … First (and only?) edition. Small 8vo. 48 pp. Contemporary violet wrappers, somewhat faded, with two small tickets on front cover. RARE. Holzmann/Bohatta VII, 10495. Not in OCLC

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