Edition \E*di"tion\, n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. ['e]dition. See Edit.]

1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)