8vo. 4 volumes in 3: XXVI,796,15,(1 blank); XII,531,(1 blank); XII,552; X,362 p. 18 cm (Ref: Graesse 3,212; Ebert 2989, (see Ebert 2990, where Harles' bibliographic work is completely burned to the ground, and where the duties of a real bibliographer are explained; Schweiger 2, p. VIII) (Details: Ad volume 1: volume 1 is a contemporary plain 'Pappband', the cover is worn at the extremities. Stamp on the title, and a bookplate on the front pastedown. Ad volumes 2 and 3: the 2 volumes with the Supplementa I,II & III are bound in 3/4 calf, and have a gilt coat of arms on the boards. The bindings of both Supplement volumes have sadly enough been plasticized. Some foxing, paper yellowing) (Note: The German classical scholar, historian of ancient literature and bibliographer Gottlieb Christoph Harles, later in life Harleß, 1738-1815, is the editor of a great number of hastely produced and now forgotten school editions of classical authors, Aristophanes (Plutus & Nubes), Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Demosthenes (De corona), Aristoteles (De Poetica), Julianus Apostata (Caesares), Ovidius (Tristia et Epistulae ex Ponto), Valerius Flaccus, Cicero (Verrinae, De oratore, Epistulae selectae), Cornelius Nepos, Sallustius, Quintilianus, Aurelius Victor, Eutropius. His best known work was the editing of the 4th edition of the 'Bibliotheca graeca' of J. A. Fabricius in 12 volumes, the first of which appeared in 1790, and the last in 1809. The set was reprinted by Olms in Hildesheim, 1666/70) (Provenance: Volume 1: Bookplate on the front pastedown: 'Bibliothek des Herzoglichen-Karls-Gymnasiums, Bernburg'. On the bookplate also a stamp: 'Erweiterte Oberschule 'Karl Marx', Bernburg, Lehrerbücherei'. On the title a round stamp: 'Herzogl. Karls-Gymnasium, Lehrerbibliothek, Bernburg'. § Volumes 2 & 3: gilt coat of arms of the 'Society of Writers to the Signet' on the boards) (Heavy book, may require extra shipping costs)