Bay Psalm book sold for $221,000

A previously unknown seventh edition of the Bay Psalm Book, published in Boston, 1693, with a provenance tied to Salem witch trial judge Jonathan Corwin and descendants of John Proctor, sold for $221,000 (£151,584) at a Swann sale in New York on February 4.

A first edition of 1640 holds the record for any printed book when a copy sold for $12.5m (£8.1m) at…

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