Knigge's indications on gestures are found also in the rules written by Goethe for the actors of the Weimar theater in Regeln für Schauspieler (see).

In the same year a second improved edition was published.

LATER EDITIONS:
Third edition improved and expanded:
- Hannover, Ritscher, 1790, 3 vols.
- Frankfurt und Leipzig, s.n., 1790 and 1792, 3 vols.
Online text: 1790: Vol. I-II - Vol. III - 1792: Vol. I-II - Vol. III

Several later editions. Among them:
- Frankfurt und Leipzig, s.n., 1796, 3 vols.
Online text: Vol. I - Vol. II - Vol. III
- Wien, F. Hass, 1800, 3 vols. in 1.
Online text: GOOGLE BOOKS - HATHI TRUST
- Frankfurt und Leipzig, s.n., 1808-1809, 3 vols.
Online text: Vol. I - Vol. II - Vol. III
- Hannover, Hahn, 1817-1818, 3 vols. Edited by F. P. Wilmsen.
Online text: Vol. I - Vol. II - Vol. III - (3 vols. in 1) GOOGLE BOOKS - HATHI TRUST
- Hildburghausen; New York, Bibliographisches Institut, 1830, 3 vols. in 1.
Online text: Voll. I-III

RECENT EDITIONS:
Reprints of the first edition:
- Hannover, Hahn, 1967.
- Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1967 and 1976.

The text is published in the collection of Knigge's works in 24 volumes: Sämtliche Werke, edited by P. Raabe, Nendeln, Lichtenstein, KTO Press, 1978, vol. 10. Anastatic reprint of the edition of Hannover, Ritscher, 1796.

TRANSLATIONS:
English: Practical Philosophy of Social Life; or The Art of Conversing with Men. After the German of Baron Knigge. In Two Volumes. By P. Will, Minister of the Reformed German Congregation in the Savoy, London, Printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1794, 2 vols. (see).

French: Du commerce avec les hommes, Toulouse, Presses universitaires du Mirail, 1992 (see). Translation by Brigitte Hébert, preface by Alain Montandon.

Italian: Della condotta da tenersi nella società. Opera del sig. Adolfo Knigge. Traduzione dal tedesco di R. A. corredata di note d'un italiano, Milano, A. F. Stella, 1816, 2 vols. (see). Translation by Renato Arrigoni.

Dutch: Over de verkeering met Menschen door den Vryheer van Knigge; uit het Hoogduitsch. Vooraf gaat eene verhandeling van een' Amsterdamsch' burger over den tegenwoordigen toestand der samenleving in onze Republiek, en de middelen tot verbetering, Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1789 (see).

Other translations: Swedish (Stockholm, s.n., 1804), Japanese (Tôkyô, Ikeda Shoten, 1960), Danish (København, Busck, 1966), Russian (Dubna, Feniks, 1994), Norwegian (Oslo, Ex Libris Forl., 1996).