What does “best edition” mean?

“The copyright law (title 17, United States Code) requires that copies or phonorecords deposited in the Copyright Office be of the “best edition” of the work. For more on “best edition,” see Circular 7B: Best Edition of Published Copyrighted Works for the Collections of the Library of Congress.”
U.S. Copyright Office, eCO Online System

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