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The Bay Psalm Book: A Facsimile
D (Intr) Macculloch
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Description for The Bay Psalm Book: A Facsimile
Hardcover. The first book to be printed in North America, twenty years after the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in Massachusetts, and now the most expensive book in the world, fetching over $14.2 million at auction. Every page of this extraordinarily influential book, including the translators' preface, is faithfully reproduced in this stunning facsimile. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 176 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
'The Bay Psalm Book' was the first book to be printed in North America, twenty years after the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in Massachusetts. Now extremely rare – only eleven copies survive – it is also the most expensive book in the world, fetching over $14.2 million at auction.
Worship in the ‘mother tongue’ and congregational hymns had become key tenets of Puritanism following the Reformation. New England Puritans were unhappy with contemporary translations of the Psalms and decided that they needed their own version, which would better represent their beliefs. A team of ... Read more
'The Bay Psalm Book' was the first book to be printed in North America, twenty years after the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in Massachusetts. Now extremely rare – only eleven copies survive – it is also the most expensive book in the world, fetching over $14.2 million at auction.
Worship in the ‘mother tongue’ and congregational hymns had become key tenets of Puritanism following the Reformation. New England Puritans were unhappy with contemporary translations of the Psalms and decided that they needed their own version, which would better represent their beliefs. A team of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
530g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851244140
SKU
V9781851244140
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Ref
99-50
About D (Intr) Macculloch
Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church in the University of Oxford.
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