diff --git a/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/mets.py b/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/mets.py
index dbf7f83..f6b370a 100644
--- a/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/mets.py
+++ b/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/mets.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.places = None
         self.dates = None
         self.publishers = None
+        self.edition = None
         self.digital_origin = None
         self.owner_digital = None
         self.license = None
@@ -156,6 +157,14 @@ def __spur(self):
         for publisher in self.tree.xpath("//mets:dmdSec[1]//mods:mods/mods:originInfo[1]/mods:publisher", namespaces=ns):
             self.publishers.append(publisher.text)
 
+        #
+        # edition of the manuscript
+        edition = self.tree.xpath("//mets:dmdSec[1]//mods:mods/mods:originInfo[1]/mods:edition", namespaces=ns)
+        if edition:
+            self.edition = edition[0].text
+        else:
+            self.edition = ""
+
         #
         # digital_origin
         for digital_origin in self.tree.xpath("//mets:dmdSec[1]//mods:mods/mods:physicalDescription[1]/mods:digitalOrigin", namespaces=ns):
@@ -280,6 +289,12 @@ def get_publishers(self):
         """
         return self.publishers
 
+    def get_edition(self):
+        """
+        Return the edition of the source manuscript
+        """
+        return self.edition
+
     def has_digital_origin(self):
         """
         Element "digitalOrigin" present?
diff --git a/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/tei.py b/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/tei.py
index 4f7a8b8..99cd7e7 100644
--- a/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/tei.py
+++ b/mets_mods2teiHeader/api/tei.py
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ def add_publisher(self, publisher):
         name.text = publisher
         publication_stmt.insert(0, publisher_node)
 
+    def add_source_edition(self, manuscript_edition):
+        """
+        Adds an edition statement with details on the source manuscript.
+        """
+        bibl_full = self.tree.xpath('//tei:fileDesc/tei:sourceDesc/tei:biblFull', namespaces=ns)[0]
+        edition_stmt = etree.SubElement(bibl_full, "editionStmt")
+        edition = etree.SubElement(edition_stmt, "edition")
+        edition.text = manuscript_edition
+
     def add_digital_edition(self, digital_edition):
         """
         Adds an edition statement with details on the digital edition.
diff --git a/mets_mods2teiHeader/data/tei_skeleton.xml b/mets_mods2teiHeader/data/tei_skeleton.xml
index 14ce83e..430c3d4 100644
--- a/mets_mods2teiHeader/data/tei_skeleton.xml
+++ b/mets_mods2teiHeader/data/tei_skeleton.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
           <titleStmt>
             <title level="m" type="main">[Haupttitel einer Monographie]</title>
           </titleStmt>
-          <editionStmt>
-            <edition n="1"/>
-          </editionStmt>
           <publicationStmt>
           </publicationStmt>
         </biblFull>
diff --git a/mets_mods2teiHeader/scripts/mets_mods2teiHeader.py b/mets_mods2teiHeader/scripts/mets_mods2teiHeader.py
index 4b8a10c..34dbfec 100644
--- a/mets_mods2teiHeader/scripts/mets_mods2teiHeader.py
+++ b/mets_mods2teiHeader/scripts/mets_mods2teiHeader.py
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ def cli(mets):
     for publisher in mets.get_publishers():
         tei.add_publisher(publisher)
 
+    # manuscript edition
+    if mets.get_edition():
+        tei.add_source_edition(mets.get_edition())
+
     # digital edition
     if mets.has_digital_origin():
         tei.add_digital_edition(mets.get_digital_origin())