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The Cambridge press, 1638-1692; a reëxamination of the evidence concerning the Bay Psalm book and the Eliot Indian Bible as well as other contemporary books and people
- Title
- The Cambridge press, 1638-1692; a reëxamination of the evidence concerning the Bay Psalm book and the Eliot Indian Bible as well as other contemporary books and people, by George Parker Winship.
- Author
- Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1945.
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- Description
- ix, 385 p. facsims.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography fund
- Uniform Title
- A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Bibliographies.
- History.
- Paraphrases.
- Adverstisements – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – 20th century.
- Note
- Half title: The A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography.
- Includes index.
- "Elmer A. Adler, Princeton 1946"--Written in ink in Elmer Adler's hand on page [2] of cover.
- Contents
- ch. 1. The beginnings: The adventurers ; The Day family ; The ship's company ; Two Days for one ; The forerunners ; The Freeeman's oath -- ch. 2. The Bay Psalm book: Fame and importance ; The translation ; The translator ; The typography -- ch. 3. Public and private affairs: A victim of circumstances ; Depression and commencement ; The death penalty ; Book labels -- ch. 4. Business openings: Schoolbooks ; Printed catechisms ; Troublesome Indians ; The missionary spirit ; Help from a haven ; Almanac makers ; Elegiacs ; Lost treasure ; Domestic complications -- ch. 5. The revised psalm book: A first edition ; The work of revision ; The 1651 edition -- ch. 6. Laws for church and state: The first codification ; Change of management ; Platform of church discipline ; Supplementary laws ; The second codification -- ch. 7. The end of Henry Dunster: Probing the past ; Fortune shifts sides ; Antipaedobaptism ; Dunster's successor ; The Glover estate ; Firsthand evidence -- ch. 8. The missionary movement: Help from on high ; An apostle to the Indians ; Rival catechisms ; The Indian college ; Trial issues ; The plea for scholarship -- ch. 9. Old and new world troubles: Uncertain futures ; Steady employment ; Business as usual ; The wherewithal ; Cost accounting ; Men and materials ; The Restoration -- ch. 10. Printing the Bible in Indian: Routine progress ; Typographical complications ; Paper and supplies ; The New Testament ; Man proposes ; Private morals ; Finishing the work ; Cross purposes -- ch. 11. The half-way covenant: A cankerous growth ; Publishing problems ; Synod politics ; Christian fellowship -- ch. 12. Competition vs cooperation: Separate maintenance ; Ephemeral printing ; Private printing ; Liberty of the press ; Business rivalry -- ch. 13. Cooperation or collaboration: Publishing arrangements ; Unstable partners ; The New England Primer ; Election sermons ; An outsider's opinions ; Holiday observance -- ch. 14. Business vicissitudes: Mather patronage ; The third codification ; Bookselling and publishing ; Overdrawn apostle ; King Philip's War ; The end of Marmaduke Johnson ; Voices from the dead ; Barren victory -- ch. 15. The closing years: Transmigration ; The Boston Press ; John Eliot's troubles ; Reprinting the Bible ; The wigwam bookshelf ; The end -- Appendices: A comparison of the text of Bay Psalm Book of 1640 and the revised New England Psalms of 1648 ; A further comparison of the psalms of 1640 and 1648, with alternative renderings by the revisers ; Spiritual songs added to the New England Psalms in 1648.
- ISBN
- 0848606159
- 9780848606152
- LCCN
- 46000927
- OCLC
- ocm01247628
- 1247628
- SCSB-173390
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library