Observed arrival · 2026-09-27
Homunculus Cabinet and Hartsoeker’s 1694 optics book
An independent press is preparing an English translation of Nicolaas Hartsoeker’s 1694 Essay on Dioptrics, with reader and scholar editions planned.
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- The planned scholar’s edition pairs the 1694 engravings with redrawings and a collation of both surviving first-edition copies.
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The site separates the work into a Reader’s Edition and a Scholar’s Edition. The former is described as including a primer and diagrams redrawn to proportions specified in Hartsoeker’s text; the latter would print the 1694 plates beside redrawings and compare both surviving copies of the first edition. The homepage marks editing as in progress and gives 2026 as the preparation year.
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