An overview of the history of the most important editions:

• Original Manuscript
  • Wilhelm v. Schütz (German, 1822-1828) – translated, censored
    • Tournachon-Molin (French, 1825-1829) – translated, pirated
  • Jean Laforgue (French, 1826-1838) – adapted, censored
    • Paulin-Busoni (French, 1833-1837) – pirated, mixed (with Tournachon-Molin), invented
    • Arthur Machen (English, 1894) – translated
    • Heinrich Conrad (German, 1907-1913) – translated
  • Brockhaus-Plon (French, 1960-1962) – nearly original, parts from Laforgue
    • Heinz von Sauter (German, 1965-1967) – translated
    • Willard R. Trask (English, 1966-1971) – translated
    • Francis Lacassin – Bouquins (French, 1993) – annotated
  • Robert Laffont (French, 2013-2015) – closest to original