The Gulf Poems is the first printed book in American history. There are only 1 1 copies of this book in the world, saying that it marks "the beginning of American literature".
Gulf Poems is a collection of folk songs translated from Hebrew. Published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1640 is the earliest printed book in North America 13 states.
2013165438+1October 26th, the book was sold at a price of over140,000 USD, making it the most expensive printed book in the world.
Evaluation of works:
Nancy Taylor, the senior pastor of the church, said, "This is a beautiful collection of poems and one of the most important books in American history."
Mark Dimmonaxin, the head of collections and special collections in the Library of Congress, believes that The Gulf Poems is a symbolic work, which represents the beginning of American literature. Many factors such as American poetry, American spirit and printed paper can be found in this collection.
Current situation:
At that time, 1, 700 sets of Gulf poems were published, and only 1 set was left in the world. Since 1947, there is no one set in the world, and most printed copies are kept in the Library of Congress in new york, Harvard University Library and other institutions.
This book, published in 1640, belongs to Lao Nantang. There used to be five books in this church, but the other three books are now in other places, namely the Library of Congress, Yale University and Brown University. Now, in order to raise funds, increase the Ministry of the church and expand the influence of the church, believers voted to auction one of the remaining two books.