The vvhole booke of psalmes /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bible.
Other Authors: Cotton, John, 1584-1652, Mather, Richard, 1596-1669, Eliot, John, 1604-1690, Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, Mass. : Stephen Day], Imprinted 1640.
Series:Early English books online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description: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, pages 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.
Signatures: A-Ll⁴. Register includes quire 'W'.
"Faults escaped in printing."--P. [295].
Physical Description:1 online resource ([296] pages)