The British Library has outed its first smartphone and tablet app. The British Library Treasures for iPhone and British Library Treasures for iPad apps allow you to view and explore some of the library’s rarest exhibits via your phone. Historial artifacts include the world’s oldest Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus, Nelson’s Trafalgar battle plan, Galilelo’s letters and for Assassin’s Creed fans, the Leonardo Da Vinchi notebooks. Literary inclusions include Dickens’s first draft of Nicolas Nickleby, Jane Austen’s teenage writing and handwritten lyrics by The Beatles. The British Library Treasures apps are in the store now at the introductory price of £1.19 for the iPhone and £2.39 for the iPad until January 24. The apps will then cost £2.39 and £3.49 respectively.
Out now | From £1.19 (introductory price) | British Library
