Complex sentence: The work was first published in "Beers's Almanac and Ephemera... for 1793" (Hartford, 1792), and it proved exceedingly popular, spawning at least eight reprint editions in the following two years.
Split into simpler sentences: The work was first published in "Beers's Almanac and Ephemera... for 1793" (Hartford, 1792). It proved exceedingly popular, and had at least eight reprint editions in the following two years.