The Errant Press
Archive / Insight 06
Archive ledger · 1605—1900

A single tale keeps finding new readers.

Across five centuries, each new edition widened the road—while the story kept its rough, inked edge.

Catalogued editions by century
Earlier catalogues Latest index
A bar chart showing catalogued editions increasing from 180 in the seventeenth century to 540 in the latest index. Latest index 180 17C 270 18C 390 19C 330 20C 480 21C 540 LATEST
Recorded editions, not repetitions: the archive grows whenever the tale finds a new set of hands.
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