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Most viewed virtual books

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Sketches by Leonardo

See the genius's personal notebook

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll

Mozart's musical diary

With 75 audio excerpts

Jane Austen's early work

'The History of England' in her own hand

Ramayana

India's great epic in 17th-century paintings

Baybars' magnificent Qur'an

Epitome of sumptuous Arabic calligraphy

Bible from Ethiopia

Commissioned by Emperor Iyasu in around 1700

Lisbon Hebrew Bible

Survivor of 15th-century Jewish culture

Blake's notebook

Sketches and poems, including 'The Tyger'

Masterpiece of the Renaissance

Beautiful images from the Sforza Hours

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