The Indecision of a Mother
Die Unentschlossenheit einer Mutter, oder die zwey Neffen. Ein Schauspiel in einem Aufzug vom Verfasser von: Trennung aus Stolz.
Munich: Joseph Lentner, 1798.
Price: $1,250.00
About the item
First (and only?) edition. 48 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. The Indecision of a Mother. Contemporary violet wrappers, somewhat faded, with two small tickets on front cover. RARE. Holzmann/Bohatta VII, 10495. Not in OCLC.
Item #61608
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 ….
