I just came across a very cool company, Octavo. They sell high resolution scans of rare books, available as pdf files on CD or DVD. How cool would it be to your own Gutenberg Bible, Johnson’s Dictionary, Mercator Atlas, Shakespeare's Sonnets, and lots more.
They have searchable text, translations for non-English works, and commentary. They look just beautiful. Prices are ~ $30-50. Perfect for Father's Day or my Christmas list :-).
The company was founded by Dr. John Warnock, the founder of Adobe. It probably helps to have a patron saint with a (money losing?) classics based company like this.
Found via a pointer from Typobrand, the company that did their logotype.
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