Reproduction note:
Electronic reproduction; Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2249:4)
Origination:
Footnote:
Evans, 4
STC (2nd ed.), 2738
Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers, 53-A
Signatures: A-Ll⁴. Register includes quire 'W'
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
"Faults escaped in printing."--P. [295]
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