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From:

mildred_of_midgard

I know you said the French-Polish one from 1862 can't be the real deal, but I recognize this passage from there. Maybe the "hot or not" report got published somewhere else in the interim?

From:

selenak

Well, according to the preface, he wrote the whole thing in several stages, starting in the 1770s till the end of his life. Wouldn't be surprised if he made copies of the first part early on, and someone nicked them before he ended up deposed and in exile...

From:

cahn

In haste (must wrangle kids, more later) but I looked at the 50-page one and it appears to be a "best of" super-abridgement, with ellipses demarcating what look like extreme cutting of material (like, it seems to go to entirely separate subjects, which confused me when I started looking at it!)

(also, thaaaaaank you mildred and sorry I gave you a dud, I should have looked more closely at the french beforehand)

From:

mildred_of_midgard

Yeah, I noticed the jumping around during the cleanup, but what's weird is that

selenak says the preface to the German edition says it wasn't officially available to be super-abridged in 1862. So there must have been an illicit copy floating around of at least excerpts.

(also, thaaaaaank you mildred and sorry I gave you a dud, I should have looked more closely at the french beforehand)

No worries. As librarian, it's my job to check these things out!

Edited Date: 2020-03-05 04:42 pm (UTC)