1600-1649

One Percent Standard: 1,000 copies

(Authors color-coded by nation of origin/publication: British Colonies, England, Medieval or Ancient) 

1602

Antiquities of the Jews, Flavius Josephus

(Mott. Written circa 94 CE and translated into English in 1602; first American edition: 1721)

1605

Advancement of Learning, Francis Bacon

(Mott. First American edition: 1844)

1611

Authorized Version of the Bible, various

(Hart. First American edition: 1781-82)

ca. 1612

The Practice of Piety, Lewis Bayly

(Mott &Hart. Third English edition: 1613; first American edition: 1665)

ca. 1616

The Great Assize, Samuel Smith

(Hart. Second English edition: 1617; first American edition: 1727)

1620

The Decameron, Giovanni Bocaccio

(Mott. Written in Italian in 1353, translated into English in 1620; first American edition: 1850)

1623

Plays, William Shakespeare

(Mott & Hart. First complete American edition: 1796)

1640

Bay Psalm Book, various

(Hart.)