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Library Conservator Lizzie Fuller installs a Timothy Pont map (1596) - detailing most of the drainage basin of the River Clyde. Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

Library Conservator Lizzie Fuller inspects a Timothy Pont map (1596) - detailing most of the drainage basin of the River Clyde. Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

Library Conservator Lizzie Fuller inspects a Timothy Pont map (1596) - detailing most of the drainage basin of the River Clyde. Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

Library Conservator Lizzie Fuller installs a Timothy Pont map (1596) - detailing most of the drainage basin of the River Clyde. Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

Library Conservator David Kerr inspects the Library's copy of the Gutenberg Bible before it is installed at the Treasures of the National Library exhibition. Credit: Neil Hanna

Gutenberg Bible

A Library conservator inspects the Library's copy of the Gutenberg Bible before it is installed at the Treasures of the National Library exhibition. Credit: Neil Hanna

Gutenberg Bible

A Library conservator inspects the Library's copy of the Gutenberg Bible before it is installed at the Treasures of the National Library exhibition. Credit: Neil Hanna

Gutenberg Bible

Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

Stunning examples of Scottish bookbinding styles, Herringbone binding (dates from the late 1670s) and Wheel binding which was in use by the mid-1720s. Credit: Neil Hanna

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

'On the Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin revolutionised the way we think about life on Earth. 1,250 copies of the first edition were printed and sold out immediately. This volume was the publisher’s file copy, displayed here with a letter in which Darwin outlines the chapters in the book. Credit

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition

'On the Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin revolutionised the way we think about life on Earth. 1,250 copies of the first edition were printed and sold out immediately. This volume was the publisher’s file copy, displayed here with a letter in which Darwin outlines the chapters in the book. Credit

Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition