3 gen 1640 anni - The first book is printed in the United States, Psalms of the Bay, produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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The Bay Book of Psalms, as this work is commonly known , is the first book printed in British North America. Reverend Jesse Glover imported the first printing press from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638, about 18 years after the first English settlers settled at Plymouth Rock. A London printer, Stephen Daye, came with the printing press and set up a printing workshop in Cambridge. The following year, the residents of the colony asked John Eliot, Thomas Welde and Richard Mather to make a new translation, from Hebrew, of the Book of Psalms, for use in the colony's churches. Mather was the principal author and translator, but was assisted by about 30 other New England ministers. The book was printed in 1640. Reprinted in successive editions, it remained in use for over 100 years. This copy, from the John Carter Brown Library, is one of only 11 remaining copies of the first edition and one of only four perfect copies. The book is in its original binding, with the title page signed by Mather.

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