Livre de prière des Puritains publié en 1640 vendu pour 14 millions

Ce livre détenait déjà le record de la plus vieille publication en anglais en Amérique. Il devient maintenant le livre le plus cher vendu aux enchères. La copie appartenait à une congrégation religieuse mais se trouvait à la Boston Public Library pour assurer sa préservation. L'acheteur désire prêter le livre à des musées.

 "The copy that was sold on Tuesday had belonged to Boston’s Old South Church. Over the years, its congregation has included Samuel Adams, the colonial patriot who was a cousin of President John Adams, and Elizabeth Vergoose, a printer’s wife who is thought to be the Mother Goose of the nursery rhymes. Its ministers included Thomas Prince, the grandson of the last governor of Plymouth Colony."

  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/nyregion/book-published-in-1640-makes-record-sale-at-auction.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131127