 In the 19th century, Teubner offered both affordable "editiones maiores" (with a full critical apparatus) for scholars, and low-priced "editiones minores" (without critical apparatuses or with abbreviated textual appendices) for students.Eventually, "editiones minores" were dropped from the series and Teubner began to offer only scholarly reference editions of ancient authors.During the period between the end of World War II and German reunification, the publishing house of B.G.