Jean François LAHARPE (1733-1803). A set of sixteen volumes (1 to 16): Lycée ou cours de littérature ancienne et moderne. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Rignoux, chez ET. Ledoux librairie, fourth edition, 1822. In-12° calf binding embossed with rosettes and foliage, spine ribbed and ornamented (rubbing to covers), comprising: - Vol. 1-2. Anciens -Poésies ; - Vol. 3: Anciens-Eloquence ; - Vol. 4: Ancients-History, philosophy and mixed literature; - Vol. 5-7. Century of Louis XIV - Poetry ; - Vol. 8 to 13. Eighteenth century-Poetry ; - Vol. 14. 18th century -Eloquence-History and mixed literature; - Vol. 15. 18th century - Philosophy; - Vol. 16. Table analitique des matières contenues dans le cours de littérature. A prolific but unsuccessful playwright, La Harpe wrote verse, prose and compilations (including a 32-volume Histoire générale des voyages), but remains best known as a pedagogue and literary critic. La Harpe's main work is his Lycée ou Cours de littérature (published in 1799), an 18-volume collection of the lessons he taught at the Lycée for twelve years.