David Rumsey Map Collection(davidrumsey.com)

56 points by pera 3 years ago | 7 comments

Show HN: The rarest tech books and docs you've probably never read(readrare.com)

139 points by miletus 17 days ago | 51 comments

Read Rare is a site collecting rare tech documents and books, such as historic memos, letters, and offerings, shown as a shelf and free to read or borrow.

Vialibri: Physical Book Meta Search Engine(vialibri.net)

45 points by ZunarJ5 2 years ago | 2 comments

The Imperial Origins of Big Data(yalebooks.yale.edu)

19 points by drdee 2 years ago | 6 comments

Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505(loeffelholz-codex.org)

148 points by edwardog 1 day ago | 80 comments

A project site presenting the 1505 Löffelholz Codex, a Nuremberg knight's tool book, page by page with facsimiles, transcriptions, modern readings and interpretations.

Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica(britannica11.org)

325 points by ahaspel 6 months ago | 107 comments

Britannica11.org is a structured online edition of the 1910–1911 Eleventh Edition Encyclopædia Britannica, browsable by articles, contributors, and topics.