An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision

By George Berkeley.

An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, by George Berkeley, is available here in two editions, based on the final edition of 1732 and on the first edition of 1709 respectively:

[The 1732 Edition]

[The 1709 First Edition]

The 1732 Edition

The final edition of An Essay towards a new Theory of Vision published in Berkeley's lifetime was that included with the Second Edition of Alciphron, published in London in 1732. An edition of the text based on this 1732 edition is available here in the following formats:
[PDF] [PostScript] [HTML]

(N.B., The HTML version does not reproduce all the typographical features of the PDF and PostScript versions, and omits the editor's Note on the Text. Moreover the footnotes in the PDF and PostScript versions have been included within the body of the text in the HTML version.)

Source code for this version is available in the form of Plain TeX and METAPOST input files (the latter for the diagrams).

1709 First Edition

The first edition of An Essay towards a new Theory of Vision was published in Dublin in 1709. An edition of the text based on this 1709 First Edition is available here in the following formats:
[PDF] [PostScript]

Source code for this version is available in the form of Plain TeX and METAPOST input files (the latter for the diagrams).


Links:

David R. Wilkins
(dwilkins@maths.tcd.ie)
School of Mathematics
Trinity College, Dublin