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Sale 5708 - Books and Manuscripts
Nov 16, 2023 11:00AM ET
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[Americana] (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay): The Federalist, on the New Constitution; Written in 1788, by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Jay, and Mr. Madison

The Federalist, on the New Constitution; Written in 1788, by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Jay, and Mr. Madison
Philadelphia: Published by Benjamin Warner, 1818. A New Edition (second single-volume edition and second Philadelphia edition). 8vo. 504 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Alexander Hamilton and two engraved plates, of James Madison and John Jay. Modern quarter brown calf over burgundy buckram-covered boards, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; blue speckled edges; moderate to heavy foxing to text. Sabin 23985; Shaw & Shoemaker 44016; Curtis, Constitutional History 50; Reese, The Federal Hundred 19

Scarce second single-volume edition of the Federalist Papers. Published by Benjamin Warner in Philadelphia, being a reissue of his 1817 edition (the first single-volume edition), but with the addition of an appendix containing the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the 12 amendments. Published the same year as Jacob Gideon's edition in Washington, D.C. 

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