{"product_id":"9781851244140","title":"The Bay Psalm Book: A Facsimile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bay Psalm Book\u003c\/i\u003e was the first book to be printed in North America, twenty years after the arrival of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts. Today, only eleven copies are still in existence and fetch as much as fourteen million dollars at auction, making it also the most expensive book in the world.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e Originally published in 1640 as \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre,\u003c\/i\u003e the unassuming psalter undertook the translation of Hebrew psalms into English verse for a growing population of New England Puritans unhappy with contemporary translations and in need of a version that would better represent their beliefs. The book became popularly known as \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBay Psalm Book\u003c\/i\u003e, named after the Massachusetts Bay Colony in which its translators—among them the ministers John Cotton and Richard Mather—lived.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e This beautiful facsimile edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Bay Psalm Book\u003c\/i\u003e reproduces one of the best remaining copies of the psalter, including the translators’ preface and the original printer’s errors and binding marks. An introduction by Diarmaid MacCulloch details the book’s place in American religious and cultural history and explains how the psalter came to have such a profound effect on the course of the Protestant faith in America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library, University of Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051640275184,"sku":"9781851244140","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781851244140_p0.jpg?v=1763596439","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781851244140","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}