Publication Year of Books in Thomas Jefferson’s Library, 1815

Thomas Jefferson’s library was one of the finest libraries in the United States in the early nineteenth century.  In 1815, the U.S. Congress bought Jefferson’s library.  Thus Jefferson’s library became in 1815 the Library of Congress. 

The table below summarizes the years of publication of titles in that library.  Additional information and analysis about the Jefferson’s library.  The data are derived from LibraryThing’s Jefferson Library, which is based on Sowerby’s bibliography. 

Publication Years of Books in Thomas Jefferson’s Library, 1815
Publication Year	Number of Titles
1506	1
1509	1
1517	1
1520	1
1524	1
1529	1
1532	1
1537	1
1539	2
1543	2
1544	2
1545	1
1546	1
1548	3
1549	2
1550	1
1551	1
1552	1
1554	3
1555	5
1556	1
1557	1
1559	2
1560	4
1561	1
1562	1
1563	1
1564	1
1565	3
1566	1
1567	2
1570	1
1571	2
1572	3
1573	2
1575	3
1576	3
1577	2
1578	6
1579	2
1580	5
1582	1
1583	4
1584	1
1585	1
1586	1
1587	3
1588	1
1589	2
1590	4
1591	2
1592	5
1594	3
1595	5
1596	3
1597	2
1598	5
1599	4
1600	9
1601	2
1602	2
1603	4
1606	2
1607	2
1608	3
1609	4
1610	1
1611	7
1612	3
1613	1
1614	5
1615	2
1616	5
1618	3
1619	5
1620	3
1621	4
1622	5
1623	2
1624	2
1625	1
1626	2
1627	5
1628	7
1629	3
1630	6
1631	1
1632	7
1633	3
1634	3
1635	4
1636	3
1637	4
1638	3
1639	3
1640	7
1641	5
1643	2
1644	5
1645	1
1646	5
1647	4
1648	8
1649	4
1650	6
1651	6
1652	5
1653	10
1654	8
1655	4
1656	5
1657	6
1658	10
1659	6
1660	8
1661	4
1662	8
1663	7
1664	5
1665	7
1666	3
1667	4
1668	6
1669	8
1670	13
1671	12
1672	7
1673	9
1674	5
1675	8
1676	5
1677	10
1678	9
1679	9
1680	18
1681	9
1682	9
1683	13
1684	20
1685	13
1686	9
1687	10
1688	13
1689	17
1690	8
1691	3
1692	8
1693	5
1694	5
1695	9
1696	7
1697	7
1698	12
1699	9
1700	14
1701	19
1702	12
1703	9
1704	11
1705	17
1706	13
1707	6
1708	12
1709	9
1710	17
1711	12
1712	11
1713	8
1714	21
1715	22
1716	8
1717	11
1718	18
1719	18
1720	10
1721	18
1722	19
1723	18
1724	16
1725	21
1726	23
1727	19
1728	17
1729	18
1730	13
1731	12
1732	20
1733	33
1734	9
1735	18
1736	12
1737	13
1738	19
1739	10
1740	18
1741	21
1742	21
1743	19
1744	29
1745	24
1746	22
1747	15
1748	14
1749	20
1750	26
1751	21
1752	23
1753	17
1754	20
1755	16
1756	22
1757	22
1758	21
1759	25
1760	24
1761	31
1762	29
1763	37
1764	23
1765	29
1766	25
1767	29
1768	48
1769	36
1770	25
1771	38
1772	17
1773	19
1774	49
1775	41
1776	50
1777	30
1778	52
1779	33
1780	27
1781	39
1782	41
1783	71
1784	82
1785	113
1786	128
1787	139
1788	101
1789	63
1790	72
1791	92
1792	107
1793	52
1794	45
1795	67
1796	68
1797	47
1798	48
1799	50
1800	83
1801	89
1802	95
1803	104
1804	88
1805	62
1806	76
1807	72
1808	113
1809	35
1810	39
1811	22
1812	31
1813	18
1814	5
1815	2