 Serialization ran from 28 August 1844 to 15 January 1846.The first edition in book form was published in Paris by "Pétion" in 18 volumes with the first two issued in 1844 and the remaining sixteen in 1845.Most of the Belgian pirated editions, the first Paris edition and many others up to the "Lécrivain et Toubon" illustrated edition of 1860 feature a misspelling of the title with "Christo" used instead of "Cristo".