A literal reprint of the Bay Psalm book : being the earliest New England version of the Psalms and the first book printed in America.

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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge [Mass.] ; New York : Printed for Charles B. Richardson ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Reprinted by Henry O. Houghton, Riverside Press, 1862.
Description
1 online resource (vii, [288] p. )

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Series
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. [More in this series]
Notes
  • Printer statement from verso, t.p.
  • Includes a facsim. of the original title page: "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 ordinance of singing Scripture Psalmes in the churches of God."
  • Pref. signed "S." [i.e. N. B. Shurtleff].
  • "Fifty copies for subscribers."
  • Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries.
  • Sabin no. 66429.
References
RLIN, CTRG06-B237
Other title(s)
  • Whole booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre.
  • Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book. 1862.
OCLC
367771574
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