Bay Psalm Book

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times

A book of hymns, the Bay Psalm Book.

From Washington Times

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.”

From The New Yorker

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.

From Washington Post

It is yellowed, battered and unassuming; but on November 26th the Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in what would become the United States, sold at a Sotheby’s auction for a record $14.2m. 

From Economist