You have access to pure magic in the computer screen you are looking at right now. Through the prestidigitations of the British Library, you can actually examine books hundreds of years old. BL has picked 15 fascinating examples including
- One of Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks
- Mercator’s first European atlas from the 1570s
- The original Alice [in Wonderland], hand written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll
- The lavishly illustrated Golden Haggadah
Just visit Turning the Pages.
You might also take a look at Color Photographs from 1907-1915.
Happy reading!
