Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie.

MARX, Karl.

Item Number: 4765

Hamburg: Verlag von Otto Meissner, 1867.

First edition of one of the most influential books published. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco. In very good condition with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. First editions are rare.

One of the most important works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, "Kapital" is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and generate fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would create an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. "Capital" rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties, particularly in Russia and Germany, and ultimately throughout the world, to become a work described by Marx's friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as 'the Bible of the Working Class'.