EE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
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  b. 187-188

  in b. 188 in A & GE2

 in b. 188 in GE1

  in b. 187 in FE (→EE)

The difference in the pedalling between A and FE does not seem to be accidental – both versions can be musically justified, while the difference is audibly perceptible and gives this transition a different expressive mood, which suggests that both are authentic. For example, Chopin could have been adding pedal markings independently to A and to [FC] or while proofreading FE1. In the main text we give the markings of the principal source, that is A, while the FE version can be considered an equal variant.
The absence of  in GE1 is most probably an oversight (the  mark in bar 198 and the pedal markings in bars 199-200 were also overlooked), corrected in GE2.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE, GE revisions

notation: Pedalling

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Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library, Warsaw