Shelfmarks:
Life of Robert Stevenson, civil engineer (1878) - B. S837s (copy 2)
An account of the Bell Rock light house (1824) - Q. 627.9 St42a
“Robert Louis Stevenson" - Box 15, Richard Bentley records (01/01/MSS00007)
Treasure Island (1883) - 823 St47t1883

RLS made a name for the Stevensons in literature, but he came from a family that was already noteworthy in another field—maritime engineering. Beginning with his grandfather, the Stevenson family designed and built 97 manned lighthouses around the Scottish coast and islands between 1790 and 1940.

Shelfmarks:
Lib[er] cronicarum (1493) - Incunabula F. 902.02 Sch22l
Le triomphe de la Mort (1790) - Emblems 246 D19ho
Mercks Wienn (1680) - Emblems 0002

This lecture will feature discussion of the history and the production of the Mainz Catholicon (1460), including Needham's discovery that the book was printed from two-line castings, which continues to incite vigorous discussion in the field. RBML’s copy of the 1469 edition will also be on display.

We also have a number if items that include view-master reels, first introduced in 1939, that range from early 20th century images to modern day artists' books that utilize the format.

We have a number of stereoscopic material in our collection! However, while stereoscopic images were popularized in the mid-19th century, the oldest item in our collection that contains these types of images is from circa 1909: "Lucerne Through the Stereoscope" (Shelfmark: 914.94 Em3ℓ).

Shelfmarks:
Collins 1478 - Tribute to the Arts by Robert Massman (1984)
MINI01729 - Perspective peepshow Depicting a Scene in a Library by Martin Engelbrecht (1730-50)
Collins 1318 - Moby Dick Meets the Pequod by Robert Massman (1968)

The leaves can be spaced out with accordion-like folded paper or by using a gukkasten, a peepshow viewing box that individual sheets can slide into.

The books pictured are classified as mini books, meaning they are less than three inches in height!

Pictured here are costume and set renderings of Part III, Scene 3 for a 1954 production of Romeo and Juliet by The Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Inventory Numbers:
Costume painting - 540427_081
Set painting - 540427_166
Set photo - 540427_189

This collection contains costume plates, scene design renderings, production plans, notes, photos, and artifacts by the Motley Group, a London-based theater design firm that operated from 1932 to 1976.

Shelfmarks:
Chirologia, or, The naturall language of the hand … whereunto is added Chironomia, or, The art of manuall rhetoricke (1644) - 808.5 B87c and IUA02077