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MARX, Karl (1818-1883). Kapital. Kritika Politicheskoi Ekonomii. Volume 1 only. [Capital. A Critique of Political Economy.] St. Petersburg: Poliakov, 1872.
8° (242 x 152mm). With half-title. (Some light browning, occasional marginal dampstaining, occasional soiling, occasional underlining in coloured pencil.) Contemporary Russian half sheep (spine caps chipped, board edges worn, sides scuffed, lacking the front free endpaper); modern dark green morocco clamshell case. Provenance: ‘I.N.B.’ (initials stamped on spine foot) – indistinct signature, and shelf mark ‘No. 52’ both on the title.
RARE FIRST EDITION IN RUSSIAN OF MARX'S GREAT POLEMIC, THE FIRST TRANSLATION EVER MADE IN ANY LANGUAGE.
Considering the impact of Marx's works on 20th century Russian history, it is may seem futile to underline the importance of this first translation. ‘Giving his imprimatur, the censor, one Skuratov, had written "few people in Russia will read it, and still fewer will understand it". He was wrong: the edition of 3000 sold out quickly; and in 1880 Marx wrote to his friend F.A. Sorge that "our success is still greater in Russia where Kapital is read and appreciated more than anywhere”' (PMM). The printing of a second edition was forbidden in Russia, and in 1890, a New York publisher issued a nearly identical reprint of vol. 1, sometimes mistaken for this first edition.
The copy shows traces of intensive reading. PMM 359.
8° (242 x 152mm). With half-title. (Some light browning, occasional marginal dampstaining, occasional soiling, occasional underlining in coloured pencil.) Contemporary Russian half sheep (spine caps chipped, board edges worn, sides scuffed, lacking the front free endpaper); modern dark green morocco clamshell case. Provenance: ‘I.N.B.’ (initials stamped on spine foot) – indistinct signature, and shelf mark ‘No. 52’ both on the title.
RARE FIRST EDITION IN RUSSIAN OF MARX'S GREAT POLEMIC, THE FIRST TRANSLATION EVER MADE IN ANY LANGUAGE.
Considering the impact of Marx's works on 20th century Russian history, it is may seem futile to underline the importance of this first translation. ‘Giving his imprimatur, the censor, one Skuratov, had written "few people in Russia will read it, and still fewer will understand it". He was wrong: the edition of 3000 sold out quickly; and in 1880 Marx wrote to his friend F.A. Sorge that "our success is still greater in Russia where Kapital is read and appreciated more than anywhere”' (PMM). The printing of a second edition was forbidden in Russia, and in 1890, a New York publisher issued a nearly identical reprint of vol. 1, sometimes mistaken for this first edition.
The copy shows traces of intensive reading. PMM 359.
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