The whole booke of psalmes faithfully translated into English metre

Creator:

Day, Stephen, 1594?-1668, printer
Eliot, John, 1604-1690
Mather, Richard, 1596-1669
Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662

Published/Created:

[Cambridge, Mass.] :
Imprinted [by Stephen Daye],
1640.

Physical Description:

[295] p. ; 18 cm. (4to)

Notes:

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.
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.
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-V⁴ W⁴ X-2L⁴ (2L4 verso blank).
"Faults escaped in printing."--p. [295].
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.
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.

Abstract:

The first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm book.

Variant Titles:

Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book. 1640
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

Topics:

Bible OT Psalms --Paraphrases, English
Bible.--O.T.--Psalms--Paraphrases, English

Topics:

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

Language:

English

Genre:

Bible

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Books, Journals & Pamphlets

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

MLm405 640b

Orbis Record:

4055852

Orbis Barcode:

39002102210029

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1187904

Citation:

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

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2053477

PID:

digcoll:3557859