POST I. BEKKER ET L. DINDORF RECOGNOVIT FR. VOGEL

The editorial lineage matters: Immanuel Bekker (1785–1871) produced the first modern critical edition of Diodorus (1853–54). Ludwig Dindorf (1805–1871) followed with revised editions (1826, 1828, 1842, and a final edition with Teubner). Friedrich Vogel then undertook a thoroughgoing recension with fresh collations, producing what became the standard Teubner text (Vol. I: 1888; Vol. II: 1890). This is the 'editio stereotypa' — a reprint from the original stereotype plates of the third edition, indicating the text had achieved sufficient scholarly consensus to warrant plate-based reprinting, a mark of canonical status in 19th-century publishing.

EDITIO STEREOTYPA EDITIONIS TERTIAE (MDCCCXC)

Stereotype printing, invented by Firmin Didot (1795), uses fixed metal plates cast from movable type. Once stereotyped, an edition could be reprinted indefinitely without resetting. This was a commercial and scholarly signal: only editions considered definitive were stereotyped, as the plates represented a significant investment. The 'third edition' (editio tertia) of 1890 was the last Vogel personally supervised.