Following the pioneering edition of The Consolation by T. Obbarius (Jena, 1843), the first full recension of the manuscripts was undertaken by R. Peiper in the Teubner series (Leipzig, 1871). The most notable edition to follow was that by W. Weisenberger in CSEL 67 (Vienna, 1934). More recently, L. Bieler has edited the text in CCL 94 (Turnhout, 1957; revised, 1984). Bieler has replaced Weisenberger as the standard edition, and this translation is based on it. None the less, earlier editions have remained influential. The annotated edition by A. Fortescue and G. D. Smith (London, 1925; repr. Hildesheim, 1976) is especially useful for the biblical and patristic parallels which indicate the close correspondence between Neoplatonist and Christian thought. The revised Loeb edition by S. J. Tester (1973), replacing the earlier version of H. F. Stewart and E. K. Rand, owes much to Peiper; that of J. J. O’Donnell for Latin beginners, published in the Bryn Mawr series (2 vols., 1984), incorporates the text of Weinberger. Recent editions published in Germany and Switzerland are listed in the Bibliography. An edition of the final sections of the treatise (4. 5–5. 6) has been published in conjunction with Cicero’s De fato by R. W. Sharpies (Warminster, 1991).