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Reddit mentions of The Well-tempered Clavier (Signature) (Pt. 1)
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If you want to study Bach and functional harmony, this should suit your needs. Starting with the chorales would be advisable, as they are much easier to study and will teach you everything you need to know about four-part writing. Once you have, though The Well-Tempered Clavier has been a major inspiration to many composers of keyboard music and will serve you just as well. Beethoven could apparently play all 48 from memory and drew on his knowledge of them in the creation of some of his later and greater works.
The Art of Fugue and the Goldberg Variations would also be great additions to your library someday, but for now the chorales and WTC should be fine.
As Friedso has already mentioned, Bach's music can be obtained freely (and legally) on IMSLP, also known as the Petrucci Music Library. There you will find multiple editions of the Art of Fugue, WTC, Goldberg Variations and more in PDF.
Hope this helps!