The book - the most expensive in the history of printing out $14.16 million
According to England "daily post" news, the United States New York 26 sotheby's auction success of the first printed Book in American history - the Bay psalms Book ", which is the most expensive in the history of books, the price of nearly $14.2 million. Sotheby's, a spokesman for the Bay psalms Book "started at $6 million, then in a few minutes prices soared, finally clinch a deal for $14.16 million.The Bay psalms Book "was issued 1700 sets, so far the world's only remaining 11 sets. Bay psalms Book is the first printed Book in American history, it marks the beginning of "American literature".The Bay psalms Book "is a Hebrew folk body of poems in translation.In the Massachusetts bay colony Puritan leaders, driven by the book published in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States.