This book is the first volume of Famous Studies for the Harp  Fifty Studies, Op. 34 by Nicolas-Charles Bochsa was dedicated to J.B. Cramer. Edited and arranged according to Hasselmans methods by R. Martenot, it features the studies 1 to 25 for intermediate Harp players and above.

This volume is followed by a second book including the studies 26 to 50.

Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856) was a musician and composer able to play the Flute, the Piano and the Harp. He became the harpist of the Imperial Orchestra but had to move to London where he was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Music.