The vvhole 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. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts].

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Cotton, John, 1584-1652.

Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.

Eliot, John, 1604-1690, translator.

Mather, Richard, 1596-1669, translator.

Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662, translator.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book. 1640.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music in churches.

Psalmody.

Genre:

Psalters -- 1640.

Physical Description:

296 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (4to)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Other Title:

Whole Booke of Psalmes ...

Bay Psalm book.

Place of Publication:

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

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 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, 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.

"Faults escaped in printing."--p. [295].

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4).

Cited in:

Evans 4

STC (2nd ed.) 2738

Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers, 53-A.

OCLC:

55832137