noun
critical edition
A scholarly edition of a text that compares various manuscripts or versions to establish a reliable text, often with notes on variant readings.
この古典の校訂版には、異なる写本の比較が詳しく載っている。
This critical edition of the classic contains detailed comparisons of different manuscripts.
底本 is the base text used for a critical edition, whereas 校訂版 is the resulting edition itself.
Compound of 校訂 (こうてい, 'revision, correction') and 版 (はん, 'edition'). The term is a modern scholarly coinage for a critical edition.