Ueber den gegenwärtigen Zustand des öffentlichen Unterrichts in den westlichen Staaten von Deutschland, in Holland, Frankreich und Belgien: Beilagen zu den beiden Bänden des Werkes über den gegenwärtigen Zustand des öffentlichen Unterrichts. 3

Friedrich Thiersch, a prominent German classical philologist and educational reformer, authored this series in the 1830s to document his observations on European pedagogical systems. This third volume served as a collection of supplemental materials, or Beilagen, intended to provide empirical data and administrative documentation that supported the arguments he presented in his primary two-volume work regarding the state of public instruction in Germany, Holland, France, and Belgium.

The publication arose from Thiersch's commitment to modernizing the Bavarian gymnasium system and his belief that a rigorous, comparative study of neighboring educational models was essential for reform. His work was deeply grounded in the intellectual climate of the mid-19th century, reflecting a scholarly effort to standardize academic curricula. While primarily a technical and administrative resource for contemporary academics, the work remains a significant historical testament to early European comparative education and the shifting priorities of 19th-century state-sponsored schooling.