8vo. viii, 159pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and a further three engraved plates. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Scattered spotting.

A revised edition of a practical primer on piano playing, presented in the form of a dialogue between a mother and daughter, first published in 1836.

OCLC and COPAC together record copies of the second edition at just three locations (California, Trinity College Dublin, and V&A).