Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/749
Title
Letters and postcard from Paul Engelmann to Ludwig Wittgenstein
Date(s)
- 1924-1926 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
5 letters (each one sheet); 1 postcard.
Context area
Name of creator
(1891-1965)
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd in Aug. 2023
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters dated 25 Mar. 1924, 20 Feb. 1925, 23 Aug. 1925, 4 Sept. 1925, 27 Nov. 1925. Postcard dated 13 May 1926. Including discussion of Engelmann's desire to secure the commission to design a house for Wittgenstein's sister - what would eventually become the 'Haus Wittgenstein'.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- German
Allied materials area
Publication note
Engelmann et al. (2006) Wittgenstein--Engelmann : Briefe, Begegnungen, Erinnerungen. Innsbruck: Haymon.
See also Engelmann, P., Furtmüller, L., & McGuinness, B. (1967). Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein: With a memoir. Blackwell.