The first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm book.
Alternative Title:
Bay Psalm book, Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book. 1640, and The whole booke of psalmes faithfully translated into English metre : whereunto is prefixed a discourse declaring not only the lawfullness, but also the necessity of the heavenly ordinanc
Description:
"Faults escaped in printing."--p. [295]., Printed at the press in Cambridge, Mass., supervised by Stephen Day (variously Daye). Day's son Matthew may have been responsible for the actuual printing., Provenance: Thomas Prince, Old South Church, Edward A. Crowninshield, Henry Stevens, George Brinley, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust, The Rosenbach Company. Binder's stamp: Bound by F. Bedford. Bookplate: Brinley 847., Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-V⁴ W⁴ X-2L⁴ (2L4 verso blank)., The first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm book. Translated by Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld, among others. The preface is usually attributed to Mather, but this is disputed by Zoltan Haraszti, who attributes it to John Cotton. Cf. Haraszti's, The enigma of the Bay Psalm book, 1956, p. 12-27., and The Prince-Crowninshield-Stevens-Brinley-Vanderbilt copy, listed by Wilberforce Eames (The Bay Psalm book, being a facsimile reprint ... with an introduction by Wilberforce Eames, New York, 1903) under no. 2 (p. xi-xii). For a full description see The Yale University Library gazette, XXII, no. 3, p. [49]-76.
Publisher:
Imprinted [by Stephen Daye],
Subject (Name):
Crowninshield, Edward A.,--1817-1859--Ownership, Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)--Ownership, Prince, Thomas,--1687-1758--Ownership, Rosenbach Company--Ownership, Stevens, Henry,--1819-1886--Ownership, Vanderbilt, Alice Gwynne--Ownership, and Vanderbilt, Cornelius,--1843-1899--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Bible OT Psalms --Paraphrases, English and Bible.--O.T.--Psalms--Paraphrases, English
The Holy Bible, : containing the Old and New Testaments: with the Apocrypha. / Translated out of
Image Count:
13
Subject (Topic):
Bible. O.T
Collection Created:
United States of America. Printed at the press in Worcester, Massachusetts, : by Isaiah Thomas. Sold by him in Worcester; and by him and Company, at Faust’s Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, Boston., MDCCXCI. [1791]
The Holy Bible, : containing the Old and New Testaments: with the Apocrypha. / Translated out of
Image Count:
3
Subject (Topic):
Bible. N.T
Collection Created:
United States of America. Printed at the press in Worcester, Massachusetts, : by Isaiah Thomas. Sold by him in Worcester; and by him and Company, at Faust’s Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, Boston., MDCCXCI. [1791]
