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A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
1902, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, 2nd edition, page 102:
Another, with the bump of order unnaturally developed, had his folios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.
