[America] (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay). The Federalist, on the New Constitution...Printed and Sold by George F. Hopkins, New York, 1802. 2 volumes. Second edition in English. 8vo. viii, 317, [errata leaf]; v, [iii], 351 pp. Modern half calf, gilt over marbled boards. Second edition in English of The Federalist in an unsophisticated contemporary binding, the last edition issued in Alexander Hamilton's lifetime. This edition is revised and corrected with numerous additions, and is the first edition in English to identify Hamilton, Madison, and Jay as the authors, and what essays they had written. This edition also is the first publication of Hamilton's Pacificus Letters, letters written during the Washington presidency to urge and justify remaining neutral during the French Revolution. This edition also includes the US Constitution and amendments - the Bill of Rights and the 11th Amendment, ratified in 1795. ?Clearly written by Hamilton partisans, it gives more authorial credit to Hamilton than modern scholarship cedes him? (Reese). Howes H-114; Sabin 23981; Shaw & Shoemaker 2218; Reese, The Federal Hundred 19. Scattered foxing, offsetting to text.

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