The vvhole booke of Psalmes, faithfully translated into English metre, 1640.STC 2738Houghton Library
The vvhole booke of Psalmes, faithfully translated into English metre, 1640.STC 2738Houghton Library, Harvard UniversityA page from Houghton’s copy of the Bay Psalm Book, with a contemporary manuscript correction. The Bay Psalm Book was the first book printed in what would become the United States (right here in Harvard Square, in fact). This evening, one of the 11 known copies will be auctioned at Sotheby’s and might break the record for the highest price ever paid for a printed book. Houghton Library’s copy is on display now through December 14th. -- source link
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