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[The vvhole booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre. ...

LC Control No.:	71002405
Type of Material:	Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Uniform Title:	Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book » More like this
Main Title:	[The vvhole booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre. Whereunto is prefixed a discourse declaring not only the lawfullnes, but also the necessity of the heavenly ordinance of singing Scripture Psalmes in the churches of God] ...
Variant Title:	Title commonly known as: Bay Psalm book Whole Booke of Psalmes ...
Published/Created:	[Cambridge, Mass.] : Imprinted [by S. Daye, 1640]
Related Names:	Cotton, John, 1584-1652. » More like this Mather, Richard, 1596-1669. » More like this Eliot, John, 1604-1690. » More like this Mather, Richard, 1596-1669. » More like this Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662. » More like this Day, Stephen, 1594?-1668, printer. » More like this Day, Matthew, d. 1649, printer. » More like this Van Sinderen, Adrian, 1887-1963, former owner. DLC » More like this American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) DLC » More like this
Description:	[296] p. ; 19 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 possibly by Mather, but could be by John Cotton. Cf. Zoltan Haraszti, 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 actual printing. Cf. ESTC. Title from the Bay Psalm book, a facsim, reprint of the first ed. of 1640 [Chicago, 1956]. "Faults escaped in printing."--p. [295]. LC copy is the Van Sinderen copy, described in the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 24, 1967, p. 186-[187], 204-205; see also Zoltán Haraszti, The enigma of the Bay Psalm book [Chicago, 1956] chapter X. DLC LC copy imperfect: t.p. and 18 leaves wanting. DLC LC copy accompanied by envelope containing related clippings, photocopies, and notes related to LC's copy, ca. 35 items. DLC
References:	Evans 4 ESTC (RLIN) W15144 NUC pre-1956 NBi 0026282
Additional Formats:	Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Subjects:	Bible. O.T. Psalms--Paraphrases, English. » More like this Music in churches. » More like this Psalmody. » More like this United States--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
LC Classification:	BS1440 .B4 1640
Links:	http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/americanimprint.02405