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FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent ('Dear Madam'), Vienna, 10 July 1932, in German, referring to his summer plans, written in blue ink on paper with printed heading of 'PROF. DR. FREUD', 2 pages, 8vo.
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FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent ('Dear Madam'), Vienna, 10 July 1932, in German, referring to his summer plans, written in blue ink on paper with printed heading of 'PROF. DR. FREUD', 2 pages, 8vo.
Freud writes in reply to a letter to his wife, regretfully declining to take his correspondent's house, which he has come to love, in the summer. There are insurmountable reasons, the first that at his age he may not need a summer residence, and the second the uncertainty of well-known events in the world economy which means the considerable reduction of his income. He must be prepared to be content with a less beautiful residence, 'Auch der andere Grund ist eine Unsichereit infolge der bekannen Vorgänge in der Welt-Wirtschaft, und auch meine Einnahmen so spürbar zurückgez gangen dass ich bereit seire muss mich im nächsten sommer mit einer viel weniger schönen Wohnung zu begnügen'. He hopes that his foreboding will not be realised.
The letter is addressed to the owner of the house near Berchtesgarden which Freud and his family had frequently taken during the many years in which they spent the summer in the mountains. In July 1932, while he was working to complete the New Introductory Lectures, his health was very poor, and his income greatly reduced from the falling off of his analytical practice, now reduced to only four patients.
Freud writes in reply to a letter to his wife, regretfully declining to take his correspondent's house, which he has come to love, in the summer. There are insurmountable reasons, the first that at his age he may not need a summer residence, and the second the uncertainty of well-known events in the world economy which means the considerable reduction of his income. He must be prepared to be content with a less beautiful residence, 'Auch der andere Grund ist eine Unsichereit infolge der bekannen Vorgänge in der Welt-Wirtschaft, und auch meine Einnahmen so spürbar zurückgez gangen dass ich bereit seire muss mich im nächsten sommer mit einer viel weniger schönen Wohnung zu begnügen'. He hopes that his foreboding will not be realised.
The letter is addressed to the owner of the house near Berchtesgarden which Freud and his family had frequently taken during the many years in which they spent the summer in the mountains. In July 1932, while he was working to complete the New Introductory Lectures, his health was very poor, and his income greatly reduced from the falling off of his analytical practice, now reduced to only four patients.