Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Aylott and Jones, London, 1846 is the true first and the census is correct. No UK/US or foreign-language precedence question arises: this is the Brontës' first appearance in print, self-financed, and no authorised American edition preceded it. The 1848 Smith, Elder appearance is a reissue of the same 1846 sheets, not a new edition — bibliographically it is first edition, second issue, and should never be described as a second edition or as an 1848 book.