This new edition of Vaccaj’s Method is based on two manuscripts in Vaccaj’s own hand, marked and dated on the last page “Originale di N.Vaccaj Londra 1833”, which are in the Biblioteca Comunale Filelfica of Tolentino (reference Mus.Ms.V.d.1 and 2). One of the two copies, consisting of 22 sheets, contains both the Italian and English version of the Lessons and was probably used for the first edition of the Method, printed in London at the author’s expense in 183418. The second copy, consisting of...