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  • Historic and Rare: 'The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre' (1640) Is for Sale - for $31 Million

  • By: Peter Menkin
  • Narrated by: Vernon Kuehn
  • Length: 18 mins

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Historic and Rare: 'The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre' (1640) Is for Sale - for $31 Million

By: Peter Menkin
Narrated by: Vernon Kuehn
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An historic, original copy of The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre, also known as The Bay Psalm Book, first published in 1640, is for sale, with an asking price $31 million dollars. The sale will fund the future ministry and life of the Old South Boston Church. The book is described as "the first fruit of the American press". The first book printed in British North America, it was also the first book entirely written in the Colonies. Of the first printing of 1,700 copies only eleven copies are known to have survived.

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