File 749 - Letters and postcard from Paul Engelmann to Ludwig Wittgenstein

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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.

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Name of creator

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd in Aug. 2023

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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'.

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Language of material

  • German

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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.

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