diff --git a/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs b/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs
index 5307040538..377199ffd5 100644
--- a/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs
+++ b/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ impl LogStore for S3DynamoDbLogStore {
         }
     }
 
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, current_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+        get_earliest_version(self, current_version).await
+    }
+
     fn object_store(&self) -> ObjectStoreRef {
         self.storage.clone()
     }
diff --git a/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs b/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
index 79a1c76653..c31280ef5d 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ impl LogStore for DefaultLogStore {
         super::get_latest_version(self, current_version).await
     }
 
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, current_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+        super::get_earliest_version(self, current_version).await
+    }
+
     fn object_store(&self) -> Arc<dyn ObjectStore> {
         self.storage.clone()
     }
diff --git a/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs
index 51191d77d0..5b488392d9 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 //! Delta log store.
+use std::cmp::min;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor};
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::{cmp::max, collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use object_store::{path::Path, Error as ObjectStoreError, ObjectStore};
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ pub trait LogStore: Sync + Send {
     /// Find latest version currently stored in the delta log.
     async fn get_latest_version(&self, start_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64>;
 
+    /// Find earliest version currently stored in the delta log.
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, start_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64>;
+
     /// Get underlying object store.
     fn object_store(&self) -> Arc<dyn ObjectStore>;
 
@@ -440,6 +444,52 @@ pub async fn get_latest_version(
     Ok(version)
 }
 
+/// Default implementation for retrieving the earliest version
+pub async fn get_earliest_version(
+    log_store: &dyn LogStore,
+    current_version: i64,
+) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+    let version_start = match get_last_checkpoint(log_store).await {
+        Ok(last_check_point) => last_check_point.version,
+        Err(ProtocolError::CheckpointNotFound) => {
+            // no checkpoint so start from current_version
+            current_version
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Err(DeltaTableError::from(e));
+        }
+    };
+
+    // list files to find min version
+    let version = async {
+        let mut min_version: i64 = version_start;
+        let prefix = Some(log_store.log_path());
+        let offset_path = commit_uri_from_version(version_start);
+        let object_store = log_store.object_store();
+
+        // Manually filter until we can provide direction in https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6274
+        let mut files = object_store
+            .list(prefix)
+            .try_filter(move |f| futures::future::ready(f.location < offset_path))
+            .boxed();
+
+        while let Some(obj_meta) = files.next().await {
+            let obj_meta = obj_meta?;
+            if let Some(log_version) = extract_version_from_filename(obj_meta.location.as_ref()) {
+                min_version = min(min_version, log_version);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if min_version < 0 {
+            return Err(DeltaTableError::not_a_table(log_store.root_uri()));
+        }
+
+        Ok::<i64, DeltaTableError>(min_version)
+    }
+    .await?;
+    Ok(version)
+}
+
 /// Read delta log for a specific version
 pub async fn read_commit_entry(
     storage: &dyn ObjectStore,
diff --git a/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs
index c7ee976eeb..53efcf2fb6 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ impl DeltaTable {
         self.log_store.get_latest_version(self.version()).await
     }
 
+    /// returns the earliest available version of the table
+    pub async fn get_earliest_version(&self) -> Result<i64, DeltaTableError> {
+        self.log_store.get_earliest_version(self.version()).await
+    }
+
     /// Currently loaded version of the table
     pub fn version(&self) -> i64 {
         self.state.as_ref().map(|s| s.version()).unwrap_or(-1)
diff --git a/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi b/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
index ceac16e7f8..e60a323d01 100644
--- a/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
+++ b/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class RawDeltaTable:
     def version(self) -> int: ...
     def get_add_file_sizes(self) -> Dict[str, int]: ...
     def get_latest_version(self) -> int: ...
+    def get_earliest_version(self) -> int: ...
     def get_num_index_cols(self) -> int: ...
     def get_stats_columns(self) -> Optional[List[str]]: ...
     def metadata(self) -> RawDeltaTableMetaData: ...
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index aeb1b3c429..0feb55f503 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@ impl RawDeltaTable {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn get_earliest_version(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyResult<i64> {
+        py.allow_threads(|| {
+            Ok(rt()
+                .block_on(self._table.get_earliest_version())
+                .map_err(PythonError::from)?)
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn get_num_index_cols(&mut self) -> PyResult<i32> {
         Ok(self
             ._table