Kuhlau question to help identify a work

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Kuhlau question to help identify a work

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I think I may have asked this before- very sorry! Library of Congress has, published by Willig in 1885 and scanned by the LoC,
a "celebrated piano sonata" in B-flat major by Kuhlau, edited by the Baltimore-resident (German?) composer Albert Beuter, that looks like it almost might only possibly be opus 52 no.2 - if, that is,

(1) it really is by Kuhlau
(2) it really was originally in B-flat before Beuter's edition, say...
(3) it really was originally a piano sonata (not a sonatina, flute sonata, trio, etc.)
It doesn't seem to match any other B-flat sonata in the Kuhlau worklist, with or without opus number- all the others seem to have been scanned in by e.g. the Danish Royal Library, as has a divertimention for piano solo in B-flat without opus that might have matched but doesn't. Does anyone have a copy of Opus 52 no.2 in B-flat major and some information (a scan, preferably, but tempo indications, incipits, etc. ? ) so that I might compare the Beuter edition with it? Thanks!

(Allegro con brio and Rondo scherzando in B-flat)
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The Op. 52 sonatas are listed in the Danish Library, but are not digitized. Perhaps the librarian(s) there could help out with a comparison between what the library has and the LOC scan.
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ah, thanks!
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