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Bay Psalm Book

noun

  1. a translation of the Psalms by John Eliot and others: the first book published (1640) in America.


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The so-called “Bay Psalm Book” was published in 1640, and only 11 copies of the first edition are known to exist.

A book of hymns, the Bay Psalm Book.

One remembers the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars paid by Dr. Rosenbach for a copy of the Bay Psalm Book, the one hundred and six thousand paid by him for a Gutenberg Bible, the fifty thousand for the first version of “Alice in Wonderland.”

Last year, he paid $14.2 million for a rare copy of the 1640 Bay Psalm Book, said to be the first book printed in what became the United States.

Rubenstein’s most recent purchase–the $14.2 million Bay Psalm Book, which is believed to be the first book printed in America–will soon be loaned out to libraries across the country.

From Forbes

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