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The volume which was thus announced bears the following title:—

"The | Federalist: | a collection | of | essays, | written in favour of the | new constitution, | as agreed upon by the federal convention, | September 17, 1787. | In two volumes. | Vol. I. | New-York: | Printed and sold by J. and A. McLEAN, | No. 41, Hanover-Square. | M,DCC,LXXXVIII."

It forms a neatly printed duodecimo of two hundred and thirty-three pages, which are thus arranged: Title, as above; verso, blank,—both unpaged; iii. iv., prefatory remarks, without a heading; v. vi., "Contents"; 1 to 227, "The Federalist: addressed to the People of the State of New-York." It is printed in signatures of twelve pages each, on good paper, with a neat, but small-sized, long-primer type, (ninety-three to the foot,)