The whole Book of Psalmes, faithfully translated into English metre: Whereunto is prefixed a discourse, declaring not onely the lawfullnesse, but also the necessity of the heavenly ordinance of singing Scripture psalmes in the churches of God
Contributors: Cotton, John, 1584-1652; Eliot, John, 1604-1690; Mather, Richard, 1596-1669; Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2506:5
Publisher: Stephen Daye]
Published: 1647
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Music in churches -- Early works to 1800; Psalmody -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Whole Booke of Psalmes ..; Bay Psalm book
Work titles: Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book
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

Place of publication and publisher's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996

Reproduction of original in the John Carter Brown Library

Evans 20

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) B2427

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2506:5).