both unpaged; iii. iv., "Contents"; 1 to 368, "The Federalist." It is printed, very neatly, in signatures of eight pages each, from a small size of small-pica type, leaded, on paper of a very good quality; and it is illustrated with very fine portraits, by Leney, that of General Hamilton, after Ames, being in the first volume of The Works, that of Chief-Justice Jáy, after Stuart, in the second (Volume I. of The Federalist), and that of Mr. Madison, also after Stuart, in the third (Volume II. of the latter work).
The distinguishing feature of this edition is the use which the editor made of his information concerning the authorship of the several numbers,—acquired either from General Hamilton, directly, or from the memorandum which the latter had left in Judge Benson's office; and it is, consequently, the first American edition in which the names of the several writers appear, in connection with the respective numbers of the work.
This edition is not rare; and the description which has been given of it is the result of an examination of a copy which is in the private library of the Editor.
In 1817, another edition of The Federalist, probably the eighth in book-form, appeared. The following is its title:—
"The | Federalist, | on the new constitution; | written in 1788, | by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Jay, and Mr. Madison. | A new edition, | with the names and portraits of the several writers. | Philadelphia: | Published by Benjamin Warner, No. 147, Market Street. | William Greer. .. Printer. ... Harrisburg. | 1817."
This edition forms a single octavo volume of four hundred and seventy-seven pages, which are thus arranged: Title, as above; verso of title, certificate of copyright, the same which was granted to Williams and Whiting for the first volume of the edition of 1810,—both unpaged; iii. to vi., "Contents"; 7 to 477, "The Federalist."
