Tunnel Books        
 

Tunnel or Peepshow books unfold to reveal a series of receding planes like theater scenery. The form originated in the 17th century, before television.

At top you can see four of them: Composite Shot, The Aquarium Craze, Diorama and Le Lac on display at Western Exhibitions Gallery in Chicago. To the left is a top view of an early version of Composite Shot.