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The Federalist [Leaf Book] Containing an original leaf from the 1st ed

Hamilton, Alexander; James Madison and John Jay

Facsimile of the Rare First Edition, 1788, Bound in Period-Style Calf With An Original Leaf from the First Edition [Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison and John Jay]. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New-York: Printed and Sold by J. and A. M'Lean, no. 41, Hanover-Square., 1788. 2 volumes in one. vi, 227; vi, 384 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Bound to style in full calf in antique style, with leather lettering piece and fillets to spine. $950. * Special limited numbered facsimile reprint edition, 193 copies, of the very rare 1788 first edition containing an original bound-in leaf. The views of Hamilton, Madison and Jay in this landmark work have had a lasting effect on U.S. Constitutional law. First published by the M'Lean brothers in March and May 1788, it collected a series of essays published in New York periodicals under the collective pseudonym "Publius" between October 1787 and May 1788 that encouraged ratification of the proposed constitution by New York State. (Most scholars agree that 51 were written by Hamilton, 29 Madison and 5 by Jay.) Taken together, these essays were seen almost immediately as the most compelling commentary on the most radical form of government the world had seen.

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