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The Bay Psalm Book. It is a quarto (not octavo, as Thomas described it in his
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History of Printing ) and is in very good condition, save that the titlepage is missing. It is in the original light-colored, time-stained parchment binding, and contains the autograph of Stephen Sewall. It also bears on the inside of the front cover the book-plate of Isaiah Thomas, and at the back, in the veteran printer's clear and beautiful handwriting, this statement:
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After advertising for another copy of this book and making enquiry in many places in New England &c. I was not able to obtain or even hear of another. This copy is therefore invaluable and must be preserved with the greatest care. Isaiah Thomas, Sep. 20. 1820. His
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History of Printing, was published in 1810, and the Society had acquired through the gift of
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The Bay Psalm-Book,