 Millar ordered William Strahan to print the work on two of his printing presses to produce a total of 5,000 copies for the first run of the work (in comparison, only 3,500 copies of "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" were printed for the first and second edition).This amount proved to be enough for Millar to sell, although he had to back down from a second printing of 3,000 copies immediately after the first edition to ensure that the originals were completely sold.The work had two German translations published in 1752, a Dutch translation in 1756, and a French edition in 1762.