Letter to Romualdo Fantuzzi, April 2, 1891

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 2 April 1891


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVIII, Moscow, 1940
Printed according to the original translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 49

ENGELS TO ROMUALDO FANTUZZI[1]

IN MILAN

[Draft]

[London,] 2 April [1891]

I shall be glad to give you permission to reprint and republish the Italian translation (by P. Martignetti) of my Socialism: Utopian and Scientific provided that it is published not later than 3 months from to-day and that no one whosoever is allowed to write a preface to it or make alterations, still less alterations made without my express and written consent.

(May reprint the biography from[2] Origine della famiglia.[3] ) As to the reprinting of the latter pamphlet, it is a question of knowing when the new edition can appear; if this could be managed in the course of the year, we should be able to come to an understanding. It goes without saying that I shall expect you to send me 2 free copies of each of my works you publish.

  1. ↑ Fantuzzi, Romualdo — brother of Flaminio Fantuzzi (Italian publisher). (MECW)
  2. ↑ The beginning of the sentence is in German.
  3. ↑ F. Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State.