WPI's rare book collection consists of approximately 4,000 early and unique bound volumes ranging in topics from science and technology to American and British literature.
Highlights of the collection include:
- Robert D. Fellman's Collection on Charles Dickens, including original serial installments and first editions of many works
- Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 1726; third edition
- De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola, 1561
- Pope Gregory I’s Dialogi, 1476
Other Special Collections include publications related to the history of the Institute and Worcester County and works published by WPI staff and faculty. Books are listed in the library's catalog, but they do not circulate. Users must consult all Special Collections in the Fellman Dickens Reading Room. Search the library catalog for more information about our full inventory and check out Project Boz on Digital WPI for remote access to all of Charles Dickens's digitized serial installments.
