The earliest edition, by Stieler and Christian Gottlieb Reichard,[1]:326/2 was published as separate plates from 1817 to 1823.[1]:222/1 There were 47 maps, though the intention had been to publish 50.[1]:222/1 After Stieler's death Friedrich von Stülpnagel (1786–1865) edited the first (1834-1845) edition,[1]:238/1 and the second (1845–47) with 107 maps.[1]:239/2.