RARE book by Heinrich Ehrenfried Warnekros (1752-1807), a German philologist and high school teacher who reformed the city of Greifswald school and thus laid the foundations for a modern public school. 205x130mm. 576 pages [+ 28 introduction pages and 52 index pages]. Hardcover. Text block edges dyed red. Cover and spine worn. Cover corners, edges, spine edges and hinges worn and peeling. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Small wormhole on front cover. Wormholes and ink writing on inner cover. Inner cover somewhat stained. 1 small wormhole on first 50 pages edge - NO damage to text. 1 small wormhole on first 200 pages. Page 341 upper corner stained with slight damage to several letters of the text (text easily reconstructible). Hole on pages 337-320 upper corner with slight damage to several letters of the text (text easily reconstructible). Pencil underlining on some introduction pages. Pages browning/age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book has sustained some damage, but is still in good reading condition.