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Bookcases For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Rococo
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian neoclassical painted bookcase is a marvel of architecture inspired by the masters of ancient Greece and Rome! T...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Glass, Wood

Italian Walnut 18th Century Library Bookcase Panneling
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A good late 18th century Italian neoclassical library room panneling. This room consists of one central bookcase with a tympan centerpiece. At both sides angle cabinets...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Walnut

Storage Unit or Library in American Walnut, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Storage unit or library in American walnut, circa 1900. The shelves are removable and can be adjusted differently. Total dimensions H 230 cm W 145cm D 58 cm The high glass cabi...
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Late 19th Century North American American Classical Antique Bookcases

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Oak, Walnut

19th Century Neoclassical Italian Fruitwood Corner Étagère
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Delicate 19th century Italian fruitwood corner shelf or étagère made in the neoclassical taste. Having two tiers and decorated with X forms on the sides. Supported by three narrow le...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Fruitwood

Venetian Hand-Painted Blind Door Secretary with Bookcase, Circa 1900
Located in Hollywood, SC
Venetian blind door secretary with a carved scrolled decorative cornice, upper case bookcase with hand-painted parrots and foliage, slant top reve...
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Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Brass

Bureau Bookcase Oak German Serpentine Front Original Brassware Working Locks
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, museum quality, 18th century, German, oak bureau bookcase with a serpentine front, original brassware and working locks As fine an example of this model of German cabinet f...
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1740s German Rococo Antique Bookcases

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Oak

19th Century from Vienna Neoclassic Wardrobe Closet in Massive Oak Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Robust neoclassical wardrobe From Vienna, mid-19th century, with a gendarme's hat, in solid oakwood, restored and waxed. We can add internal shelves to use it as a wanderful bookcase...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Oak

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Display Cabinet w/ Faux Marble Columns
Located in Miami, FL
A very beautiful and tall Italian neoclassical style cabinet with polychromed finish, with open display shelves over base with two doors. This imp...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Pine, Paint

18th Century Scandanvian Rococo Giltwood and Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 18th Century Rococo carved giltwood and Walnut bureau bookcase, having wonderful scrolling foliate and plume decoration to the cornice, a single mirror door with gi...
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Late 18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Antique Bookcases

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Walnut, Giltwood

18th Century Imperial Russian Gilt Bronze, Brass and Mahogany Display Cabinet
By Christian Meyer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional late 18th century Imperial Russian empire bookcase or display cabinet in the finest figured mahogany richly inlaid and mounted with gilded brass and gilt bronze. The bookcase is characteristic of the Russian "Jacob" style which was fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th century in France. The overall design however owes more to the work of David Roentgen than it does to the Jacob...
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Late 18th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Mahogany

19th Century English Mahogany Four-Door Bookcase in the Neoclassical Manner
Located in London, GB
A library bookcase in the manner of the Adam Brothers Constructed in a well figured mahogany, with fine carved detailing; of inverted four-door breakfront form, rising from a plin...
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19th Century British Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Mahogany

Italian Midcentury 1930s Bookcase Walnut Veneer with Two Drawers, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian bookcase period 1930s in walnut and walnut veneer with two drawers, wax polished. Upper showcase with grating and the two lower doors covered in leatherette. Excellent condit...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Bookcases

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Iron

Early 19th Century Duncan Phyfe Grecian Plain Style Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An important piece of American furniture, attributed to the shop of Duncan Phyfe, circa 1840. To quote "Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York," 2011 (Kenny, Brown). "At its best, Phyfe's Grecian plain style furniture captures, the strength, simplicity and noble repose that characterize the best Greek Revival architecture. Phyfe achieved this effect by using the classical orders, often in abstracted form, and a quiet yet radiant palette of warm-toned rosewood and mahogany veneers, meticulously selected and applied in architectural manner." This secretary employs the finest available mahogany and follows in the strict adherence to proportion and form that made this expression of Phyfe's later career so powerful. The piece exactly matches a description of a piece sold at auction dissolving the Phyfe showroom and warehouse in 1844. The "Grecian standard" or scroll leg with the molded pedestal base and convex disc are all hallmarks of Phyfe's iconic work from 1834-1841. The cornice is supported on either side by scroll brackets which have lambs tongue details below, features linking it to another Phyfe secretary bookcase sold through Northeast Auctions...
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1830s American American Classical Antique Bookcases

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Mahogany

Iron Neoclassical Style Étagère with Mirror Shelves
Located in New York, NY
1950s French iron neoclassical style etagere with five mirror shelves, gold ball feet and detail. Light age to mirror. Very good condition for age! M...
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1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Bookcases

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Metal

Large French Neoclassical Pine Bookcase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large French neoclassical Louis XVI style pine bookcase - Shelving unit.
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1940s Neoclassical Vintage Bookcases

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Pine

Italian Neoclassical Faux Marble Lacquer and Giltwood Open Shelves Cabinets
Located in Firenze, IT
Add extra shelving and storage space to your living room, library or study with this important antique architecturally hand- carved open cabinets or bookcases in Neoclassical style. Crafted in Venice, Italy, during 19th Century, these elegant faux marble lacquer and parcel gilt display cabinets feature a gorgeous architectural shape with graduated giltwood cornice on top and a graduated giltwood moulded socle, a big niche with shelf across the front and a very spacious compartment with a door below. Wonderful scale and proportions, statement hight and width but depth narrow enought to place these storage case pieces of furniture even in an entryway hallow. This dramatic pair of Italian neoclassical bookcase...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Giltwood, Wood, Lacquer

Dutch Rococo Burl Walnut Bookcase Cabinet w glass doors Approx. 1770
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Dutch Rococo bookcase burl walnut cabinet, circa 1770s, in two parts. The arched and curved cornice molding above two glazed doors, the lower section with two short drawers above ...
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1770s Dutch Rococo Antique Bookcases

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Walnut, Glass

Italian Antique 19th Century Bookcase in Solid Larch Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Original Italian late 19th century neoclassic bookcase in solid larch restored and wax polished. Measures cm: H 180 x W 109 x D 53.
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Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Pine

19th Century Federal Period Duncan Phyfe Style Flame Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Charleston, SC
Rare and important antique American early 19th century figured mahogany "Duncan Phyfe" style flap-top secretary bookcase with gorgeous lyre-shaped glazed doors. Color of mahogany has...
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Early 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Mahogany

Austrian Neoclassical Style Bookcase Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Continental Austrian neoclassical style oak bookcase cabinet with geometric inlay, gilt egg-and-dart detail, ebonized trim, and Gothic filigree o...
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18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Oak

18th Century Louis XV Provincial Walnut Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Of unusually large scale; the upper section with arched cornice over a pair of wire-inset doors opening to fabric lined interior fitted with shelves; the lower section with a slant f...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Bookcases

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Walnut

Italian Neoclassical Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning neoclassical Italian ormolu-mounted mahogany bookcase. Lined in a light moire taffeta silk, with three shelves. circa 1820.
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1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Ormolu

Large Antique Oak Library Bookcase in Neoclassical Style
Located in Baambrugge, NL
The cornice ornamented by a carved vase above four doors with wire-mesh paneling, retaining gilt brass door fittings of fine quality, the inside with an ...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Oak

English Satinwood Library Bookcase with Neoclassical Decoration
Located in London, GB
A library bookcase in the manner of Sheraton and the Adam Brothers. Constructed in satinwood, line inlaid, and hand decorated in polychrome; of breakfront form, rising from swept ...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Satinwood, Paint

Fine and Impressive Late 18th Century Neoclassical Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Mahogany, solid and veneered on oak. Openwork gallery above two doors with wire-mesh panelling, the inside with an arrangement of adjustable shelves, retaining two gilt brass escutch...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Brass

Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Trompe L'oeil Painted Cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Very decorative, rare and whimsical two-part cabinet, featuring charming trompe l'oeil still lives of imaginary kitchen items. Top and bottom part with d...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Pine

Rosewood Bookcase Breakfront Cabinet by Bethehem Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Breathtaking vintage 2-piece rosewood breakfront of substantial size by Bethlehem Furniture Mfg. of Red Lion, PA in the neoclassical / French Empire Taste. This remarkable piece feat...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Bookcases

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Brass

Pair of Adam Style Black Lacquered Bookcases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Adam-style (20th Century) black lacquered and gilt trimmed Neo-classic bookcases with glass stenciled pediment top. (PRICED AS Pair)
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Russian Plum Pudding Mahogany Bookcases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Russian (Circa 1820) plum pudding mahogany bookcase cabinets with brass trim and "X" design on 2 front doors, with 2 lower doors and fall...
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Mahogany

Vintage Amish Crafted Solid Oak Short Bookcase
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage Amish Crafted Solid Oak Short Bookcase with two adjustable shelves with wood backing. Very Solid construction and in great condition. Measures...
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Late 20th Century American American Classical Bookcases

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Oak

Large Library Bookcase or Black Lacquer Three Shelves Display, France 1950
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant oversized black lacquer and brass baluster book shelves or windows display. Three shelves. Entirely removable for shipping. French 1940 - beginning 1950.
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1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Bookcases

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Brass

Neoclassical Style Mahogany and Brass Revolving Library. French. Circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice neoclassical style revolving library is made of mahogany and brass. This bookcases is a very elegant model. This is a nice French work...
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1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Bookcases

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Brass

C19th Bookcase from Sweden with glazed top and decorative diamond detail to base
Located in London, GB
A handsome and useful mid C19th century Swedish Birch Bookcase/Cabinet in two parts. The top section is glazed and the doors fold back into two parts. Its interior has four shelves ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Birch

Neoclassical Style Steel and Brass Étagère Shelf by Jansen
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Maison Jansen style étagère shelf from the mid-20th century. Steel frames with brass accents. Featuring six-tiers, each tier with g...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Bookcases

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Brass, Steel

French 19th Century Walnut Bookcase with Original Glass Door
Located in Buchanan, NY
19th century French, walnut bookcase with original locking glass door. The inside depth of the piece is 12.5 inches and has two shelves. Additional shelves can be reproduced if neede...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Walnut, Oak

Bookcases Tuscany Cherrywood, 1840-1860
Located in Lucca, IT
Tuscany bookcases notary's, circa 1820-1840. In cherrywood. With central arch. And floor with counters. Original .
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1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases

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Wood

Grand Scale Neoclassical Bookcase
By Candace Barnes
Located in Larkspur, CA
Neoclassical-inspired columnar grand scale bookcase with exaggerated cornice and stepped base, interior shelving and silver leafed rosette detailing and fl...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Neoclassical Bookcases

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Paint

Vintage, New and Antique Bookcases

As long as curious people have collected stories, we have needed a place to stow them away and preserve them. When auction houses and book dealers proliferated by the late 17th century, the bibliophile was born. And, of course, as with any treasured objects, a book lover’s volumes were suddenly worthy of a luxurious display — enter the bookcase. Americans of means during the 19th century took to amassing art as well as rare books, and antique bookcases of the era, rife with hand-carved decorative accents and architectural motifs, were ideal for displaying their handsome leather-bound wares.

Although our favorite titles may change over the years, the functionality and beauty of their home within our home is timeless. Whether you proudly shelve your books in regal mahogany or behind glass cabinet doors, a bookcase — or perhaps more than one — is essential to creating a cozy nook for any book lover. Even those who don’t covet the perfect home library can benefit from an attractive display case, as bookcases can easily double as charming étagères

Contemporary and customizable options make it easier for you to find the perfect bookcase for your style and stacks. If you don’t wish to fill your storage piece so that your collection is snug within its confines, incorporate extra space to allow for additional displays and decorative objects. And by introducing a striking dark wood Art Deco bookcase or low-profile mid-century modern design by Paul McCobb into your living room, your signed first editions won’t be the only items making a statement. 

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