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The VVhole Booke Of Psalmes

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 ...
Publication: [Cambridge, Mass.] Imprinted [by Stephen Day] 1640.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KD 1640 (Bible. Old Testament: Psalms. VVhole Booke Of Psalmes)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

[296] pages.; 18.5 cm. (4to).

Uniform Title

Bible. Psalms. English. 1640.

Alternative Title

Whole Booke Of Psalmes
Whole Book of Psalms
VVhole booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre
Whole booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre
Bay Psalm book

Subjects

Genre/Form

Psalters.

Note

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, pages 12-27.
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-V⁴ W⁴ X-2L⁴ (2L4v blank).
"Faults escaped in printing": Page [295].

Indexed In (note)

Evans
Sabin
English Short Title Catalog

Call Number

*KD 1640 (Bible. Old Testament: Psalms. VVhole Booke Of Psalmes)

LCCN

71002405

OCLC

37843
11796549

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 ...

Imprint

[Cambridge, Mass.] Imprinted [by Stephen Day] 1640.

Indexed In:

Evans 4

Sabin 66428

English Short Title Catalog W15144, http://estc.bl.uk/W15144

Local Note

Imperfect: Sig. G₁ mutilated.

Lenox Collection.

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Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Cambridge.

Added Author

Cotton, John, 1584-1652.

Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.

Eliot, John, 1604-1690.

Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662.

Day, Stephen, 1594?-1668, printer.

Day, Matthew, -1649, printer.

Added Title

Bible. Psalms. English. 1640.

Research Call Number

*KD 1640 (Bible. Old Testament: Psalms. VVhole Booke Of Psalmes)

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