These doubts were strengthened by the critique of his good friend Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). Even before Capital came off the printing presses of the publisher Meissner in Hamburg, he signaled his dissatisfaction about the way he had presented his arguments in his letters. In 1857, he started writing the first rough draft of the work that after another decade and several further attempts would result in the first volume of Capital. From the mid-1840s onward he engaged in a serious study of economic theory. This edition has now been fully digitized, and has been made available to the general public through the Institute’s website.Īpart from the most important socialist theoretician, Karl Marx (1818-1883) also was a highly (self-) critical scientist. The International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam possesses a unique first edition, containing Marx’s own handwritten corrections and marginals. Capital remains one of the most influential books in world history.
Exactly 150 years ago, on 14 September 1867, the first volume of Karl Marx’s Capital was published.
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