The 19th Century Shop offers the highest quality rare books and manuscripts of all ages in science, literature, Americana, history, economics and philosophy. We have helped to develop fine private and institutional libraries around the world. Our clients include America's leading private collectors and prominent university libraries, and books from our stock now reside in the collections of many important institutions, leading figures in science and commerce, as well as world leaders such as President Clinton, Pope John Paul II, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair and Vaclav Havel. In recent years we have placed with our clients a wide range of great books and manuscripts, including the first editions of Machiavelli's The Prince , the King James Bible, Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum , Darwin's Origin of Species , Jefferson's Notes on Virginia , Whitman's Leaves of Grass , Shakespeare s Poems and Copernicus's De Revolutionibus .
Collection development is our specialty.
We offer our clients a wide range of services including collection consultation, location of rare books and bibliographical research. We are always interested in buying fine books and collections. Our inventory is now available here online, with a state of the art search engine to assist you in finding just the right book or manuscript for your collection or a gift for a special occasion. We welcome your comments, suggestions and requests for printed catalogues. Thank you for visiting the 19th Century Shop.