Birds of America

‘Crown jewel’ of American printing fetches $14.2 million in record auction

By David Van Biema — November 26, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) One of the 11 surviving copies of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book (and the first book of Scripture) printed in English in America, was sold Tuesday night for the highest price ever recorded for a print book in open sale.
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