(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) Psalterium Americanum The Book of P

Sale 2675 - Lot 128

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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Psalterium Americanum: The Book of Psalms. [2], xxxv, [1], 426 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary calf, worn and bowed; lacking as usual the scarce 7-page "Proposals for Printing by Subscription" at end, lacking free endpapers, moderate wear including 2 long closed tears, minor dampstaining; signatures of early owners on title page and verso. Boston: S. Kneeland, 1718

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A new translation of the Psalms for congregational use by Cotton Mather; he is generally credited as the author of the long introduction. Church 869; Evans 1946. Provenance: 1719 inscription of J. Leverett (Harvard president John Leverett?); undated inscription of Thomas Prince Jr. (1722-1748, son of the noted historian?). None traced at auction since 1991.