Also in Slashdot, IZ Reloaded writes "The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. One of them is a 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon. The site allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting." Also in the collection, The original Alice in Wonderland, the Sforza Hours, and the Mercator Atlas.
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I saw an exhibit of Leonardo sketches from Windsor Castle at the Queen's Gallery in London in the 1990s. This was almost as wonderful...
a beautiful and amazing resource. i want more of this! the interface is fantastic. a perfect way for libraries to make their rare and special collections pieces available to a broad public.
i had the audio option read 'Alice in Wonderland' to me, my wife, and daughter yesterday morning - just for fun.
also don't miss the mercator maps and the magnify function. fantastic.
Also from the British Library, there is the Treasures in Full: Renaissance Festival Books. Not the masterpieces as those in Turning the Pages, but they're endlessly fascinating nevertheless. There are 253 digitized books to peruse, and the number of illustrations number even far more. Some representative samplings are on today's Pruned.
Cheers to the BL.
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