Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

Second edition, first in French, of The Federalist Papers.

• Sold as a set of 2 volumes.
• Alexander Hamilton (American).
• James Madison (American).
• John Jay (American).
• Le Fédéraliste, ou Collection de quelques Écrits en faveur de la Constitution proposée aux États-Unis de l'Amérique, par la Convention convoquée en 1787.
• Paris: Chez Buisson, Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, 1792.
• Octavo.
• [5],xxii-lii,[1]-366; [4],511 pages.
• Half titles present.
• Contemporary mottled calf, finely rebacked with gilt spines.

The first French edition of Hamilton, Madison, and Jay's celebrated collection of articles supporting the ratification of the United States Constitution. The other issue of this printing contains an introduction by the translator, M. Trudaine de la Sablière, in the first volume (not present here, hence the irregular pagination); the preliminary pages here contain the U.S. Constitution.

It is the second edition overall, and the first edition to name the previously anonymous authors (giving their names as Hamilton, Madisson, and Gay).

An important edition evocative of the significance of the American precedent to the French revolutionaries.