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Sale 2687 - Lot 162

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(LAW.) [Alexander Hamilton, et al.] The Federalist, on the New Constitution. viii, 317, [1]; v, [3], 351 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern calf by D.R. Sandy; first title page foxed and repaired with several words supplied in facsimile, otherwise just minor foxing, scattered pencil notes to both volumes. New York, 1802
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Second edition, and the first to reveal Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay as the anonymous authors. This edition also contains additional revisions to the original Federalist Papers thought to be by Hamilton himself. It is further noted because it contains printings of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Hamilton's Letters of Pacificus--an important series of essays defending Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793. Ford, Hamiltoniana 21; Howes H114 ("aa"); Sabin 23981.

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