The whole booke of psalmes faithfully translated into English metre


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Title
The whole booke of psalmes faithfully translated into English metre
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
Creator
Day, Stephen, 1594?-1668, printer, Eliot, John, 1604-1690, Mather, Richard, 1596-1669, and Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662
Published / Created
1640
Publication Place
[Cambridge, Mass.] :
Publisher
Imprinted [by Stephen Daye],
Abstract
The first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm book.
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.
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.
Extent
[295] p. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Extent of Digitization
Completely digitized
Language
English

Collection Information

Call Number
MLm405 640b

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Bible
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
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
Vanderbilt, Cornelius,--1843-1899--Ownership
Subject (Topic)
Bible OT Psalms --Paraphrases, English
Bible.--O.T.--Psalms--Paraphrases, English

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Citation
ESTC (RLIN) W15144, Evans 4, and STC (2nd ed.) 2738

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Orbis Record
4055852
OID
2053477

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