0 a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper is published: --
1 a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper is published, or the total number of copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are published at the same time: --
2 a newspaper, magazine, or book published in a particular form or on a particular date: --
Most of such texts appeared in many editions and were the work of editors rather than authors.
Production of the historical narratives has continued, through new writing and revised editions.
Malthus tempered his views with later editions of this essay which feature important revisions.
Future editions will perhaps need to be available only in electronic format.
I hope this can be amended in future editions.
Doubtless this will filter down in future editions of introductory-level texts.
The real meaning becomes clearer in the first edition's 'closed up the flesh in stead thereof'.
There is also discussion of allostratigraphical, mor phostratigraphical and tectonostratigraphical units, whilst retaining the clear treatment of lithostratigraphy that dominated previous editions.