"Certain parts were issued at Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833, under the title: Book of commandments for the government of the Church of Christ. An enlarged compilation was issued at Kirtland, Ohio, under the title: Doctrine and covenants of the Church of the latter-day Saints. First issued as divided into chapters and verses, by Orson Pratt in 1876. First issued with foot-notes in 1879. First published in double-column pages, with present chapter headings, revised foot-note references, and index, in 1921."