Shelfmark
Kb.4.16 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kb.4.17 (copy 2)
Author
Title
The nature and function of art : more especially of architecture / by Leopold Eidlitz, architect.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881.
Physical description
xxii, [2], 493, [3] p. ; 24 cm.
Note
With "A selection from the list of books published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington", January 1881, bound in at end (32 pp.).
Note
Publisher's olive cloth case binding, stamped in gilt with Doric temple on upper cover and lettering on spine.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Copy reproducing the markings in Edward Gordon Craig's copy of the book. Bookplate of Edward Carrick [Edward Anthony Craig] and earlier inscription of E. Hobson, Jan 1900. Pencil note in Edward Anthony Craig's hand: "This was the book (another copy) that so influenced EGC [i.e. his father Edward Gordon Craig], 1904-05 ... I have carried over his markings and added my own." Ink sketch of a hand on final endpaper.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Small oval "GC" bookplate of Edward Gordon Craig, probably affixed by Edward Anthony Craig; address label of Edward A. Craig on title page with his annotation: "As one reads this book one realizes how important it was to EGC. Its obvious that he didnt read it all but what he did read influenced him greatly". Infrequent marks of emphasis in pencil.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Loosely inserted printed matter, some with Edward Anthony Craig's annotations, removed to separate envelope: review of the annual exhibition of the A.A. Students' Art Club, Architectural Association Journal, March 1939; Eric Gill, 'Paintings and criticism' (pp. 111-112 of vol. LXVII of an unidentified publication); biographical note on the author from an unidentified publication.
Subject
Aesthetics.
Subject
Architecture.
Subject
Art.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Carrick, Edward, 1905 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 annotator.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46635