Antique Georgian Mahogany Bookcase Secretary Collectors Doctors Cabinet 1790 Sculpture of Philadelphia

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the base is of inverted breakfront form with three drawers

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Antique Georgian Mahogany Bookcase Secretary Collectors Doctors Cabinet 1790 Sculpture of PhiladelphiaA very rare antique George III English Mahogany secretary bookcase, with a fitted collector's or doctor's cabinet to the base, circa 1790. The bookcase in two sections; the top section with a flared cornice with a frieze of dentil molding below, the bookcase with twin glazed doors with intersecting curvilenear astragals, the doors enclosing a pair of adjustable shelves. The base having a deep drawer with a locking fall front desk, fitted with a tooled