Both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier were widely circulated in manuscript, but printed copies were not made until 1801, by three publishers almost simultaneously in Bonn, Leipzig and Zurich.
两卷的手抄本都广为流传，但印刷版直到1801年才出现，由波恩、莱比锡和苏黎世的三个出版商几乎同时出版。