[FEDERALIST PAPERS]. Two editions of the Federalist Papers, comprising: [HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON, John JAY]. The Federalist, on the New Constitution. New York: George F. Hopkins, 1802. 2 volumes, 8°. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt. Second edition, containing Hamilton’s final revisions and identifying Hamilton, Madison, and Jay as the authors. – [HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON, John JAY]. The Federalist, on the New Constitution. City of Washington: Jacob Gideon, 1818. 8°. Contemporary sheep, edges yellow. Later edition, but the first to contain Madison’s corrections. Madison, a chief architect of the Constitution, corrected his own copy of The Federalist, and the publisher presented this issue to the public as a “standard edition” incorporating those corrections. This edition also contains the Articles of the Confederation and the Constitution and its amendments. – Together, 2 works in 3 volumes, condition generally good.