[Rarebooks] FS: 1877 Caspar Hauser, Fake Foundling

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"The Story of Caspar Hauser, the Nuremburg Foundling"

Printed in Worcester by the Press of F.P. Rice, in 1877.

An American issue of a text that was originally published in the Penny 
Magazine in 1834, just a year after Hauser's mysterious death. "It 
presents, in the relation of details, a very full and complete account 
of this wonderful person; and will prove interesting to those who are 
not familiar with his sad and romantic story. For the gratification of a 
few friends, a small edition has been reprinted, to be privately 
distributed." Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833) was, or was not, a long-lost 
prince of Baden, the son of a German cavalryman mysteriously raised in 
confinement by a masked man and then dumped on the streets of Nuremburg 
at age 16, or a fraudster, trickster and con-artist who accidentally 
took his own life while attempting to revive flagging interest in his 
stories. His claims have been investigated and dismissed by historians 
and medical experts, and we are left with "fraudster", but they 
nonetheless made for exciting speculation and reading throughout the 
19th century. Uncommon; OCLC locates 5 copies.

Softcover. 5.5"x7.5", 39 pages. Covers with some light wear and some 
stains. Pages with some minor soil, but overall clean and good. [42332] 
$60

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