Karl Marx Capital in Pictures

An open book with two pages visible. The left page contains text with the heading "FROM PREFACE TO THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION" and a signature at the bottom reading "KARL MARX London, July 25th, 1872." The right page features a black and white illustration of a muscular male figure with a sword and shield, leaping through the air above a defeated octopus-like creature wearing a gas mask, lying on its back with tentacles curled upwards.

Hugo Gellert
From Preface to the First German Edition
1933

An open book with the left page containing a block of text titled "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION" and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of two pairs of hands in shackles above another pair of hands holding a scale with a smoking gun balanced on it.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
1933

An open book with two pages visible. The left page contains a block of text with the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION." The right page features a black and white illustration of a large, imposing man in a suit and top hat, symbolizing industrial power, with factory buildings and smokestacks integrated into his body. In the foreground, a smaller figure of a muscular worker stands with his back to the viewer, looking up at the larger figure.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Secret of Primary Accumulation
1933

An open book with two pages visible; the left page contains a block of text with the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION," while the right page features a detailed pencil drawing of two animals, one with the body of a goat and the head of a bird, and the other a regular goat, both standing in grass.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced From the Land
1933

An open book with two pages visible; the left page contains dense text, while the right page features a black and white illustration of a Revolutionary War-era soldier holding a musket, with a simple drawing of a hanging pan scale above his head.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
1933

An open book with the left page filled with dense text under the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION" and the right page featuring a black-and-white illustration of a family of three walking forward, with the man holding a rifle and leading the way, the woman beside him looking determined, and a young girl holding the woman's hand. The background is blank, emphasizing the figures.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land
1933

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
1933

An open book with the left page containing a block of text under the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION" and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a man's face behind vertical bars, which he is gripping with his hands.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Savage Legislation Against the Expropriated from the End of the Fifteenth Century Onwards Acts of Parliament to Force Down Wages
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION" and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a cow standing with a calf nursing. The artwork is detailed and realistic, set against a minimal background.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Capitalist Farmer Repercussion of the Agrarian Revolution on Industry Creation of the Home Market for Industrial Capital
1933

An open book with the left page filled with dense text and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a pile of muscular human figures intertwined with each other in various poses.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Repercussion of the Agrarian Revolution on Industry Creation of the Home Market for Industrial Capital
1933

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
1933

An open book with two pages visible; the left page contains dense text under the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION," while the right page features an artistic black and white illustration of a crucifix with a dark, inky blot at the intersection and a single drop falling from the bottom, signed by the artist.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
1933

An open book with two pages visible. The left page contains a block of dense text under the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION." The right page features a black and white illustration of a bald man with a solemn expression, holding his hands together as if in prayer or deep thought. A tube is connected to his head, looping around to a small, abstracted depiction of a factory or machinery in the background, suggesting a commentary on industrialization or the connection between humans and machines.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
1933

An open book with the left page containing dense text under the heading "PRIMARY ACCUMULATION" and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a muscular, heroic figure standing confidently with a staff in hand, against an abstract background with curved lines and a stylized flower at the bottom right.

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Origin of the Industrial Capitalist
1933

Hugo Gellert
Primary Accumulation: Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a clenched fist holding a bunch of wheat stalks.

Hugo Gellert
Commodities: The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-value and Value(Substance of Value, Magnitude of Value)
1933

An open book with the left page containing a block of text under the title "COMMODITIES" and the right page featuring a detailed black and white illustration of a circular diagram with various elements such as wheat, gears, and a central hand holding a sword, all numbered for reference.

Hugo Gellert
Commodities: The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-value and Value(Substance of Value, Magnitude of Value)
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the heading "COMMODITIES" and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a muscular man and woman standing side by side, with the man's hands on the woman's breasts, which have targets on them. Above them, a small bird flies with a twig in its beak.

Hugo Gellert
Commodities: Twofold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the heading "COMMODITIES" and the right page featuring an illustration of a suit jacket on a hanger and a rolled-up piece of fabric, both adorned with muscular human arms in place of sleeves.

Hugo Gellert
Commodities: Twofold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the heading "COMMODITIES" and the right page featuring a detailed pencil drawing of a classical statue of a man in draped clothing, standing with one arm extended and wearing sandals.

Hugo Gellert
Commodities: The Form of Value, or Exchange-value
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the heading "COMMODITIES" and the right page featuring a detailed pencil drawing of three cylindrical objects resembling canned goods, one of which is sliced to reveal a cross-section of a human brain.

Hugo Gellert
Commodities: The Mystery of the Fetishistic Character of Commodities Exchange
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text and the right page featuring a pencil drawing of a pair of old, worn-out shoes next to a circular inset showing a close-up of the shoe's details.

Hugo Gellert
Money, or the Circulation of Commodities
1933

An open book with the left page containing dense text under the heading "TRANSFORMATION OF MONEY INTO CAPITAL," and the right page featuring a detailed black and white illustration of an octopus with swirling tentacles.

Hugo Gellert
Transformation of Money into Capital
1933

An open book with the left page containing a block of text under the heading "TRANSFORMATION OF MONEY INTO CAPITAL," and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a caricatured man with a top hat and a large, round body being escorted by a muscular worker.

Hugo Gellert
Transformation of Money into Capital: Purchase and Sale of Labor Power
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the heading "THE LABOR PROCESS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING SURPLUS VALUE," and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a train emerging from a dark tunnel, with logs loaded on the cars and a small figure of a man walking in front with a flag.

Hugo Gellert
The Labor Process and the Process of Producing Surplus Value
1933

An open book with the left page filled with text under the title "THE PRODUCTION OF SURPLUS VALUE" and the right page featuring a black and white illustration of a hand holding a wrench, with various parts of the image numbered from 1 to 12. The numbers correspond to parts of the hand, wrench, and other elements like a plate with food and a bottle, suggesting a diagram or instructional image.

Hugo Gellert
The Production of Surplus Value
1933

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