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"Tolomeo Filadelfo nella biblioteca di Alessandria", or "Ptolemy Philadelphus founds the Library of Alexandria", is an oil painting from 1813 by Italian artist Vincenzo Camuccini (1771-1844 CE). The painting portrays the Greco-Macedonian...

Completed in 117 CE, the Library of Celsus at Ephesus was ordered built by Tiberius Julius Acquila in memory of his father Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, proconsul (governor) of the Asian province c. 105 to 114 CE.

A detail of the facade of the Celsus Library in Ephesos (c. 117 CE). The statue represents wisdom (sophia), an attribute associated with the former proconsul Celsus to whom the building was dedicated.

The Library of Celsus at Ephesus was completed in 117 CE. It was built on the order of Tiberius Julius Acquila in memory of his father Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, proconsul (governor) of the Asian province c. 105 to 114 CE.

A deatil of the facade of the library of Ephesos (c. 117 CE).

The Library of Celsus in Ephesos (completed 117 AD), with a statue of Arete in the foreground.

The library of Nysa, built in the 2nd century CE and considered to be Turkey’s second-best preserved ancient library structure after the Library of Celsus at Ephesus.

The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin dates from the early 18th century and contains the oldest books of the Trinity library.

The Library of Hadrian in Athens showing the eastern end wall of the peristyle court. The room with the niches (now under scaffolding) would have been the library proper, where ancient scrolls were stored. c. 132-134 CE.

Library of Ashurbanipal. Mesopotamia, 1500-539 BCE. The British Museum, London.