The British Library has made available online an amazing service called Turning the Pages which allows people to view many famous and fragile books in their collection online almost as if you were handling the real thing.

Some of the famous books include Leonardo Da Vinci’s personal notebook, Alice in Wonderland written and illustrated by Lewis Carol in his own hand, Mozart’s music diary, the world’s oldest printed book, a Diamond Sutra written in China and many other varied works.

The site uses Shockwave for viewing and for best results requires a broadband connection.