KROPOTKIN PIOTR: (1842-1921)

KROPOTKIN PIOTR: (1842-1921)
KROPOTKIN PIOTR: (1842-1921) Russian Scientist, Philosopher, and an Activist advocating for anarchism. A.L.S., Pierre Kropotkin, two pages, 8vo, Locarno, 22nd May 1910, to a friend in London, in French. Kropotkin states `I leave today. My address will therefore be the London one. I have received yesterday a card from Leray. He is also in agreement about the title. It will therefore be: Fields - Workshops - Factories.´ further referring to the edition of the work, and saying `I have sent him the whole manuscript, and as soon as I will be in London, I will work on the cards, and on the tests…and the preface of the French edition is still pending to be written.´ Very small overall, minor age wear, with a small professional repair to the left edge, otherwise G £250-350 Fields, Factories and Workshops: or Industry Combined with Agriculture and Brain Work with Manual Work (1898) is a landmark anarchist work by Kropotkin, and is considered one of the most influential statements of the anarchist political philosophy, as well as the main work of his writing career. The French version was translated by Pierre Leray in 1910.