> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 198](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068440) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3946-1) LSID 3946-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510400) QID Q510400 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hill, John (1716-1775), British apothecary and naturalist; author of many compilations dealing with horticulture, botany or medicine. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Hill* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hill*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]] collection of British plants by Hill is in the British Herbarium of [[Collection BM|BM]]; some mss are at the Royal Society. #### Name Hill obtained the order of Vasa in 1774. It is on this ground that Hill assumed the prefix "Sir". According to the Gentleman's Magazine 1774: 282 "he was received at Court with the proper ensigns as Knight", which "affords evidence that the King – a stickler for etiquette – gave the necessary permission" (Druce 1926). #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 20, 25, 311; Backer p. 267; Barnhart 2: 175; BB p. 148; Blunt p. 102, 152-153; BM 2: 844-845; Bossert p. 175; Desmond p. 308; DNB 26: 397-401 (bibl.); Dryander 3: 282-283; Frank 3 (Anh.): 44; GR p. 372, cat. p. 65; henrey 1 : 252, 2: 59, 90-92, 94-95, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 108-109, 242, 243-245, 361, 469, 635, 643, 644, 3: 53-60, nos. 796-844 (important!); Hortus 3: 1195; HU 551, 557, 559, 598, 609, 679; Jackson p. 559 \[index\]; Kew 2: 686; Krempelh. 2: 29-31; Langman p. 370; LS 12298-12299; Moebius p. 43, 324, 345, 451; MW p. 178; NAF 28B(2): 334, ser. 2. 5: 242; N1 877-886; Plesch p. 261-265; PR 4061-4077 (ed. 1: 4461-4488); Rehder 5: 393; RS p. 87; SO 8c, 437a, 637a, 637d, 638a, 1870-74; TL-2/1647; Tucker 1: 341 ; Zander ed. 10, p. 670. - Anon., A short account of the life, writings and character of Sir John Hill. Edinburgh 1779 (n.v.). - Barnhart, J. H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 26: 376-280. 1899. - Berkeley, E. and D., Dr. Alexander Garden 171, 196-197. 1969; Dr. John Mitchell 100, 124, 216, 240, 248. 1974. - Brotherston, Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 58: 241. 1915. - Darlington, W., Memorials 94, 195, 209, 212, 214, 267, 377, 401, 442. 1849. - Druce, G. C, J. Bot. 47: 8-10. 1908 (*Helleborine Hill v. Epipactis* Adans.); The flora of Buckinghamshire lxxvii-lxxxix, pl. 2. 1926; Fl. Oxfordshire ed. 2. xci. 1927; Fl. Northamptonshire lxxv-lxxxvi. 1930. - Emery, Isis 34(1): 17-20. 1942 (on John Hill versus the Royal Society). - Fries, Th. M., Bref och Skrifv. Linné 1(3): 151, 255, 269. 1909, 1(5): 34, 96, 186, 1911, 1(6): 197. 1912. - Fussell, G. E., More old English farming books 28, 37-38. 1948 (on *A complete body of husbandry* and *Eden*). - Gerstner, P. A., *in* C. C. Gillispie, DSB 6: 400-401. 1972 (bibl.). - Hall, H. C. v., Epistolae ined. C. Linnaei 139. 1830. - Hill, T. G., *in* F. W. Oliver, Makers of British botany 84-107, *pl. 10.* 1913 (portr.). - Hulth, J. M., Bref och Skrifv. Linné 2(1): 102, 103, 113-115. 1916, 2(2): 199, 200, 292. 1943. - Jackson, B. D., J. Bot. 62: 361 \['353'\]. 1924. - Jourdan, Dict. Sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 5: 190-195. 1813 (bibl.). - Kent, D. H., Hist. Fl. Middlesex 16-17. 1975. - Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. pl. 1: cxxx. 1891. - Lisney, A bibliography of british Lepidoptera 1608-1799. London 1960, p. 152-155. (portr.). - Lütjeharms, W. J., Gesch. Mykol. 257 \[index\]. 1936. - Milner, J. D., Cat. portr. Kew 61. 1906. - Morris, Proc. R. Soc. Med. 53: 55-60. 1959 (n.v.). - Nissen, Philobiblon 6(8): 303. 1933. - Pearsall, W. H., Fl. Surrey 47. 1931. - Pfeiffer, L., Bot. Zeit. 6: 833-834. 1848. - Proskauer, J., Taxon 7: 123. 1958. - Pulteney, R., Sketches 2: 293-294. 1790. - Rothmaler, W., Repert. Sp. nov. 53(1): 30-36. 1944. - Rousseau, G. S., Mama (J. Amer. med. Ass.) 212(1): 103-109. 1970 (portr.; announces a forthcoming biography, *A literary quack of London*: *A life of Sir John Hill*, not yet seen by us). - Smith, J. E., Selection corr. Linnaeus 2: 46. 1821. - Stafleu, F. A., Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 374 \[index\]. 1971. - Stearn, W. T., Taxon 16: 494-498. 1967 (q.v. for further botanical literature). - Trimen, H. and W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Middlesex 391-392. 1869. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 94. 1903. - Wolley-Dod, A. H., Fl. Sussex xxxviii. 1970. - Woodruff, The American Naturalist 60: 417-442. 1919. - Wright, Janet, John Hill, herbalist extra-ordinary. Boston 1957. #### Handwriting Candollea 30: 393-394. 1975. #### Eponymy *Hillia* Boehmer (1760); *Hillia* N. J. Jacquin (1760). *Note*: Hilleria Vellozo 1825 is dedicated to Matthaeus Hiller (1646-1725), German botanist; *Hillistrobus* M. E. J. Chandler (1966) is dedicated to A. J. Hill, American engineering scientist. ### Publications ##### n.2767. A general natural history **Title** *A general natural history*: or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals of the different parts of the world; with their virtues, and uses as far as hitherto certainly known, in medicine and mechanics: illustrated by a general review of the knowledge of the ancients, and the improvements and discoveries of later ages in these studies. Including the history of the materia medica, pictoria, and tinctoria of the present and earlier ages. As also observations on the neglected properties of many valuable substances known at present; and attempts to discover the lost medicines, &c. of former ages, in a series of critical enquiries into the materia medica of the ancient Greeks. With a great number of figures, elegantly engraved. By John Hill, M.D.... London (printed for Thomas Osborne,...) \[1748-\] 1751 \[-1752\], 3 vols. Qu. (in twos). **Abbreviated title**: *Gener. nat. hist.* **Notes** *Vol. 2*: \[h.t.:\] "A history of plants", 1751, p. \[i\]-xxvi, 1-642, \[1-7, ind.\], *pl. 1-16* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: LC, MICH, NY, PH (2), USDA. – See Henrey 809 for further copies; see Collins (Sotheby 345) for an analytical collation. (See also Junk. Catal. 206, no. 139. 1977). (*Hist. pl.*). *Second ed*.: 1773. – See Kuntze (1891), Proskauer (1958) and Henrey no. 810. Only copies known at the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris and at the Library Company of Philadelphia. This edition differs in some respects from the original although the greater part of the book seems to consist of the old 1751 sheets, re-issued for the occasion. Proskauer and Kuntze enumerate the differences. The book as a whole must be regarded as an independent publication and has to be taken into account for purposes of botanical nomenclature (as far as the date is concerned). The copy at Philadelphia (analyzed by James Mears) is indeed almost identical with the 1751 issue. The copy lacks *pl. 10* but has an extra leaf p. 643-644 and an additional plate, on *Dionaea. Collation*: p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[1\]-644, \[1-7, ind.\], *pl. 1-9, 11-16, 1* unnumbered (*Dionaea*). *Ref*.: Henrey 809-810; SA 2: 567; SO 345. - Dandy, J. E., Index gen. names vasc. pl. 14. 1967. ##### n.2768. The useful family herbal **Title** *The useful family herbal*. Or, an account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues: and of the drugs, which are produced by vegetables of other countries. With their descriptions, and their uses, as proved by experience. Illustrated with figures of the most useful English plants. With an introduction containing... The whole intended for the use of families, and for the instructions of those who are desirous of relieving the distressed sick. London (W. Johnston... and W. Owen) 1754. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Useful fam. herbal.* **Notes** *Orig. ed.*: 1754, p. \[i\]-vi, \[i\]-liv, \[1\]-404, *pl. 1-8* (uncol. copp.). *Copy*: NY. – Published anonymously. *Second ed*. (reissue): 1755, p. \[i\]-vi, \[i\]-liv, \[1\]-404, *pl. 1-8* (id.). *Copies*: MO, USDA. – "The useful family herbal... distressed sick. By John Hill, M.D.... The second edition." London (id.) 1755. Oct. *Third ed*. (reissue): 1770, identical with 1755 reissue, n.v., see Henry no. 825. *New edition*; 1789, p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi, binder\], \[17\]-400, *pl. 1-8* (id.). *Copies*: NY, USDA. – "The useful family-herbal... a new edition, corrected." London (printed for A. Miller, W. Law, and R. Cater) York (Wilson and Spence). *Bungay edition* (1): "*The family herbal*... embellished with fifty-four coloured plates."Bungay (printed and published by C. Brightly, and T. Kinnersley), s.d., possibly 1810 (fide Henrey 827), p. \[i\]-viii, \[i\]-xl, *pl. 1-2*, \[1\]-376, *pl. 1-53* (hand-col. copp.). *Copy*: HH. *Bungay edition*(2): "*The family herbal*... embellished with fifty-four coloured plates." Bungay (printed and published by C. Brightly and Co. published also by T. Kinnersley) 1812. Oct. (in fours), p. \[i\]-xl, \[1\]-376, *pl. 1-35, 37-39, 42-43, 47-49*, plus *6* unnumbered pl. *Copy*: NY. *Re-issue of Bungay ed*.: s.d. (between 1823-1843), p. \[i\]-xl, \[1\]-376, *pl. 1, two* unnumbered, 5-50, *55. Copy*: NY. – "*The family herbal*... embellished with upwards of two hundred coloured plants." London (George Virtue), Bungay (printed by J. R. and C. Childs). s.d. *Other issue of Bungay edition*: Bungay 1822 (Henrey 829) (n.v.) Hill describes a number of species under their English names and adds Latin names "under which they are found in every dictionary". These Latin names are sometimes unitary, sometimes binomials, trinomials, or polynomials. They must be regarded as not validly published. Binary nomenclature is not consistently applied (ICBN Art. 23); the unitary designations of species can not be taken as generic names. – The number of issues of *The family herbal* is possibly greater than listed here. Our information is incomplete. However, in view of the relatively modest importance of these later issues we did not pursue our searches beyond what is reported above. See also Henrey. *Ref*.: DA 1967, p. 7; Henrey 824-831; HU 551. - Willmott, A. J., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 90 (proposal to treat names in the Fam. herb, as not validly publ.; proposal rejected at Amsterdam 1935). ##### n.2769. The British herbal **Title** *The British herbal*: an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty. London (Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton...) 1756\[-1757\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. herb.* **Notes** |fasc. |pages |*plates* |dates | |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-12 |1 |24 Jan 1756 | |t.-p., ded. | | |2 |13-20 |2, 3 |Jan 1756 |3 |21-32 |4 |7 Feb 1756 |4 |33-40 |5, 6 |14 Feb 1756 |5 |41-52 |7 |23 Feb 1756 |6 |53-64 |8 |Mar 1756 |7 |65-72 |9, 10 |Mar 1756 |8 |73-84 |11 |Mar 1756 |9 |85-92 |12 |20 Mar 1756 |10 |93-104 |13 |31 Mar 1756 |11 |105-112 |14, 15 |Apr 1756 |12 |113-124 |16 |12 Apr 1756 |13 |125-132 |17, 18 |Apr 1756 |14 |133-144 |19 |6 Mai 1756 |15 |145-152 |20, 21 |Mai 1756 |16 |153-164 |22 |15 Mai 1756 |17 |165-172 |23, 24 |Mai 1756 |18 |173-184 |25 |22 Mai 1756 |19 |185-192 |26, 27 |29 Mai 1756 |20 |193-204 |28 |Jun 1756 |21 |205-212 |29, 30 |12 Jun 1756 |22 |213-224 |31 |Jun 1756 |23 |225-232 |32, 33 |Jun 1756 |24 |233-244 |34 |3 Jul 1756 |25 |245-252 |35, 36 |13 Jul 1756 |26 |253-264 |37 |Jul 1756| |27 |265-272 |38, 39 |Jul 1756| |28 |273-284 |40 |3 Aug 1756| |29 |285-292 |41 |9 Aug 1756| |30 |293-308 |42 |16 Aug 1756| |31 |309-316 |43, 44 |23 Aug 1756| |32 |317-328 |45 |Aug 1756| |33 |329-336 |46, 47 |4 Sep 1756| |34 |337-348 |48 |Sep 1756| |35 |349-356 |49, 50 |25 Sep 1756| |36 |357-368 |51 |30 Sep 1756| |37 |369-380 |52 |Oct 1756| |38 |381-388 |53, 54 |13 Oct 1756| |39 |389-400 |55 |Oct 1756| |40 |401-408 |56, 57 |28 Oct 1756| |41 |409-420 |58 |Nov 1756| |42 |421-428 |59, 60 |Nov 1756| |43 |429-440 |61 |11 Nov 1756| |44 |441-448 |62, 63 |Nov 1756| |45 |449-460 |64 |Nov 1756| |46 |461-468 |65, 66 |Dec 1756| |47 |469-480 |67 |Dec 1756| |48 |481-488 |68, 69 |20 Dec 1756| |49 |489-500 |70 |8 Jan 1757| |50 |501-512 |71 |Jan 1757| |51 |513-524 |72, 73 |Jan 1757| |52 |525-535 |74, 75 |28 Jan 1757| Upon completion the publishers started the issue of a "Royal impression of that elegant and useful work" (Henrey no. 799) on 29 Jan 1757. *Pagination and pl*.: front., p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-533, \[534-535, index\], *pl. 7-75*, handcoloured \[or plain in other copies\] copper engr. *Copies*: MICH, MO (col. pl.), U (plain), US (plain); IDC 5225. The Linnaean system of binary nomenclature for species was not consistently followed (ICBN Art. 23). The book contains a number of pseudo-binomials. However, the generic names are designated as such and must be accepted for botanical nomenclature; for an extensive bibliographical study see HU; for an appraisal of the botanical and nomenclatural importance see Dandy (DA) and Steam (1967). *Ref*.: DA 1967, p. 14; DU 128; Henrey 798-799; HU 557; RS p. 87; Sotheby 346. - Barnhart, J. H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 26: 379. 1899. - Dandy, J. E., Index gen. names vasc. pl. 14. 1967. - Druce, G. C., Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, Rep. 3: 436-440. 1914. - Wilmott, A. J., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1835: 90 (proposal to declare names in Brit. herb, as not validly publ.; proposal rejected at Amsterdam 1935). - Rothmaler, W., Rep. Sp. nov. 53: 31, 32. 1944. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 10: 87. 1961. - Stearn, W. T., Taxon 16: 494-498. 1967 (q.v. for a further discussion). ##### n.2770. Eden **Title** *Eden*: or, a complete body of gardening. Containing plain and familiar directions for raising the several useful products of a garden, fruits, roots and herbage; from the practice of the most successful gardeners, and the result of a long experience. Together with the culture of all kinds of flowers, according to the methods of the English, French, and Dutch florists. And the knowledge of curious plants, after the system of Linnaeus. With figures and descriptions of the flowers and plants proper for a garden. Including the care and culture of the pleasure-garden. The business of the seminary for every week in the year. Catalogues and accurate descriptions of the fruits as they come into season; and new and practical directions for the management of fruit-trees. With the fast methods of culture for the several articles of the kitchen-garden: and the compleat management of the ground for raising them, in the natural and artificial manner. Compiled and digested from the papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale, by the authors of the compleat body of husbandry. And comprehending the art of constructing a garden for use and pleasure; the best methods of keeping it in order; and the most perfect accounts of its several products. London (T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder and Co. and H. Woodgate) \[1756-\] 1757. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Eden*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Aug 1756-8 Nov 1757, frontisp., \[i\]-iv, \[i\], ii, \[iii-iv\], \[1\]-714, *pl. 1-60. Copies*: MO (*60 pl.*); IDC 7353. Issued in weekly parts (so indicated), between August 1765 (last week) and October 1757. According to the preface the book was issued so as to "accomodate the Publication to the season, that every week shall direct what is that week to be done." The book was "compiled and digested from the papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale by the authors of the *Compleat body of husbandry*" which here means evidently John Hill, who signed the dedication. *Eden* is a companion volume to *A complete body of husbandry*, London 1756, Fol., issued in the same way in fascicles. "Thomas Hale" is possibly "a convenient invention" (HU 557). "The true authorship of these two books is now unlikely to be finally determined, but as the books remain to us that does not particularly matter. Hill no doubt was connected in some way with their preparation or claimed to be so, to the confusion of his contemporaries and his latter critics" (Fussell). "*Enlarged edition*": 1773, London (for the author), p. \[ii\], iv, ii, 714, \[1\], 714-716; portr. of author, front., 60 + 20 *pl*. (n.v., collation Henrey no. 805). The 20 extra plates (numbered *1-20 and 61-80*) are from Hill's *Veg. syst.* 12(1767) and 13(1768); also issued in Hill's *Twenty five new plants* (1773). *Ref*.: GF p. 59; Henrey nos. 776, 805; HU 599 (see also 557). - Fussell, More old English farming books... 1731 to 1793, p. 37-38. 1948. ##### n.2771. Exotic botany **Title** *Exotic botany*, illustrated in thirty-five figures of curious and elegant plants: explaining the sexual system,... London (the author) 1759. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Exot. bot.* **Notes** *Orig. ed.*: Feb-Sep 1759 (p. iv: 18 Jan 1758; NZgS 4, Oct 1759), p. \[i\]-iv, *pl. 1-33* with text, \[1-2, ind.\]. *Copies*: BM (see collation Henrey no. 806), NY. – Original drawings at Alnwick Castle (fide Desmond p. 308). *Ed. 2*: 1772 (p. iv: 25 Mai 1772), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\], 1-35, \[36, ind.\], \[1, binder\], *pl. 1-33* (uncol. copper engr.). *Copies*: M, MICH, USDA. – "*Exotic botany* illustrated, thirty-five figures of elegant Chinese and American Shrubs and Plants, many of them new. Explaining the sexual system; and tending to give some new lights into the vegetable philosophy. The second edition. By John Hill, M.D. member of the imperial academy, &c. &c." London (printed for the author...) 1772. Fol. *Ref*.: Henrey 806-807; RS p. 87; Sotheby 347. - Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. 1: cxxx. 1891. ##### n.2772. The vegetable system **Title** *The vegetable system*. Or, a series of experiments, and observations tending to explain the internal structure, and the life of plants; their growth, and propagation... Including a new anatomy of plants... London (printed at the expence of the author...) 1759. Fol. \[vols. 2-26\]: *The vegetable system*. Or, the internal structure and the life of plants; their parts, and nourishment, explained; their classes, orders, genera, and species, ascertained, and described; in a method altogether new: comprehending an artificial index and a natural system. With figures of all the plants; designed and engraved by the author. The whole from nature only. London (printed for the author) 1761-1775, vols. 2-26. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. syst.* **Notes** *Publ*.: A complete copy of the editio princeps is at BM (Bloomsbury) (King's Library), described by Henrey. All other copies known have at least two volumes labelled "the second edition: corrected by the author; and with all the plates retouched and improved and usually, in addition, several volumes not so labelled but with later t.p. dates." The collations below are based on a copy at USDA except for those of vols. 1-2 of the editio princeps. In view of the very detailed and informative description by Henrey we refrain from repeating all the information on variations etc. encountered in other copies consulted by us. *Vol. 1*, *ed. 1*: Aug 1759, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-150, *pl. 1-21* (here and below the plates are hand-coloured copper engravings by the author). *Reissue*: Oct-Dec 1761, as above. *Copy*: WAG. *ed. 2*: 1770 (RHS, 1773 USDA), portr., p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-150, *pl. 1-21*, \[1-2, ind.\]. *Vol. 2, part 1*, *ed. 1*: Oct 1761, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-121\*\*, \[1-5\], *pl. 1-17*, *17*\[bis\]-*26*, *26*\[bis\]-*36*, *36* \[bis\]-*87*. *ed. 2*: (with t.p.'s dated 1771 (USDA), 1775 or \[without "second edition"\] 1773) 1771, reissued 1773, 1775, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-51, 51\*, 51\*\*, 51\*\*\*, 53, 64, 65, 58, 57-60, 60\*\*, 61\*\*, 61-70, 70\*\*, 71\*\*, 71-120, 121\*\*, \[i-iv, ind.\], *pl*. as in ed. I. – "part 1" often printed but deleted by hand; not present on USDA copy. *Vol. 3*, *ed. 1*: 1761, p. \[i\], 121-172, *pl. 87*\[bis\]-*137*. *ed. 2* \[not so designated\]: 1772, p. \[i\], 121-172, \[i-ii, ind.\], *pl. id. Copies*: USDA. *Vol. 4*, *ed. 1*: 1762, p. \[i\], 1-49, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-46.* *ed. 2*\[idem\]: 1772, p. \[i\], 1-49, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-46.* *Vol. 5*, *ed. 1*: 1763, p. \[1\]-68, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-53.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1772, p. \[1\]-36, 37-40 \["29-32"\], 41-68, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-53.* *Vol. 6*, *ed. 1*: Jan-Aug 1764, p. \[i\], 1-64, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-62.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1772, p. \[i\], 1-64, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-62.* *Vol. 7*, *ed. 1*: 1764, p. \[i\], 1-63, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1772, p. \[i\], 1-63, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 8*, *ed. 1*: 1765, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-13, 15*\[bis\]-*30*, *32*, *32*\[bis\]-*52*, *54-60*. *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[i\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-15\**, *15-30*, *32*, *32*\[bis\]-*52*, *54-56*, *57*\["58"\], *39-60*. *Vol. 9*, *ed. 1*: 1765, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-22*, *23/24* comb., *25-32*, *34-33*, *35*\[bis\]-*60*. ed. 2 \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-22. 23/24* comb., *25-60*. *Vol. 10*, *ed. I.* 1765, p. \[i-iii\], 1-44, 44\[bis\], \[blank\], 45-59, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-44*, *44*\[bis\]-59. *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1772, p. \[i-iii\], 1-43, 43\*, 43\*\*, 43\*\*\*, 44-59, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-44*, *44*\[bis\]-59. *Vol. 11*, *ed. 1*: 1767, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 12*, *ed. 1*: 1767, p. \[i\], \[1\]-64, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-35*, *35*\[bis\]-*60*, *1-10*. *ed. 2*: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-36, 35\*, 36\*, 37\*, 38\*, 37-64, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-60*, *1-10*. *Both eds*.: "*With an appendix*, *containing the figures andhistory often new discovered plants*". (p. 61-64 and *pl. 1-10*, in some copies of ed. 2 numbered 61-70). *Vol. 13*, *ed. 1*: 1768, p. \[i\], \[1\]-64, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-61*, *11-20*. *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-64, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-67*, *11-20*. *Both eds*.: "With an appendix..." (p. 62-64, *pl. 11-20*, in some copies of 1773 ed. numbered y *71-80*). *Vol. 14*, *ed. 1*: Jul 1769, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-51, 51\*, 52-60, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 15*, *ed. 1*:. Jul-Dec 1769, p. \[i\], \[1\]-61, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-61.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-61, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-61* (31 as "30"). *Vol. 16*, *ed 1*: Aug 1770, p. \[i\], \[1\]-57, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-61.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\]. \[1\]-30, 30\*, 30\*\*, 31, 48\*, 49-57, \[1-3\], *pl. 1-61* (40 as "39", 56 as "55"). (p. 56-57 and *pl. 57-61* constitute an appendix. In some copies of the 1773 ed. these plates are numbered *21-25*). *Vol. 17*, *ed. I.* 1770 (publ. Apr 1771?), p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2\]. *Vol. 18*, *ed 1*: Late 1771, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60. \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 19*, *ed 1*: 1771 (?), p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 20*, *ed 1*: 1772, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2* \[idem\]: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 21 ed. I.* 1772, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2*: 1775 (so labelled) *Vol. 22*, *ed. I.* 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-21, 22/23, 24-61, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-21*, *22/23* (comb.), *24-61*. *ed. 2*: 1786. *Vol. 23*, *ed 1*: 1773 (late), p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *ed. 2*: 1786. *Vol. 24* (only one edition): 1774, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60* *Vol. 25* (id.): 1774, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-60.* *Vol. 26* (id.): late 1775, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, \[1-2\], \[i\]-xxix, *pl. 1-60.* "... and a general index to all the volumes." *Imprints*: all volumes *printed 1759-1770* (except vol. 17, ed. 1): "printed at the expence of the author", all those *printed after 1771*, inch *vols. 17* and 18 of ed. 1: "printed for the author in St. James's Street." *Vols. 22-23*, ed. 2, 1786: "London, printed for the honourable Lady Hill, and to be had at her house in Curzon Street, May fair, and no where else." *Appendices*: The descriptions and plates published in the appendices to vols. 12, 13, and 16, with plates *1-25*, were also published separately as "*Twenty-five new plants*, rais'd in the Royal garden at Kew" London 1773. *Octavo edition*: London (author), 6 vols. 1761-1764, see Henrey no. 833 who describes the set at K. We have seen no other copy. "*A new edition*. In 26 Volumes." London (Printed for the author, and sold by T. Baldwin; R. Jones; J. Ridley; and L. Davis.) 1824. Copy: MO. "*The complete vegetable system*; or the internal structure..." \[title as in vols. 2-26 of ed. princ. except for minor differences in punctuation\]. This is almost certainly a reissue of the original sheets with new t.p.'s. *1*: \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-150, *pl. 1-21*, \[1-2, index\]. *2*: \[i, iii\], \[1\]-51, 51\*\*, 52, 52\*\*-60, 60\*\*, 60\*\*\[bis\]-70, 70\*\*, 71\*\*, 71-121\*\*, *pl. 1-17*, 17 \[bis\]-*26*, *26*\[bis\]-*36*, *36* \[bis\]-*87*, \[1-5, index\]. *3*: \[i\], 121-172, *pl. 87* \[bis\]-*137*, \[1-2, index\]. *4*: \[i\], 1-49, *pl. 1-46*, \[1-2, index\]. *5*: \[i\], \[1\]-68, *pl. 1-33*, \[1-2, index\], p. 37 as "29", 39 as "31". *6*: \[i\], 1-64, *pl. 1-62*, \[1-2, index\]. *7*: \[i\], 1-63, \[64-66, index\], *pl. 1-60.* *8*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-52, 54-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *9*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-22, 23/24, 25-60*, \[1-2, index\], (no. 35\[bis\]). *10*: \[i\], \[1\]-43, 43\*, 43\*\*, 43\*\*\*, 44-59, *pl. 1-44, 44*\[bis\], 45-59, \[1-2, index\]. *11*: \[i-iv\], 1-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *12*: \[i\], \[1\]-38, 35\* 36\*, 37\*, 38\*, 39-64. *pl. 1-35, 35*\[bis\]-70, \[1-3, index\]. *13*: \[i\], \[1\]-64, \[65-66\], *pl. 1-60, 11*(*71*)-*20*(*80*). *14*: \[i\], \[1\]-51, 51\*, 52-60, \[61-63\], *pl. 1-60.* *15*: \[i\], \[1\]-61, \[62-64\], *pl. 1-61.* *16*: \[i\], \[1\]-30, 30\*, 31-48, 48\*, 49-57, \[59-60\], *pl. 1-56, 57*(*21*)-*61*(*25*). *17*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *18*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *19*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *20*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *21*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *22*: \[i\], \[1\]-21, 22/23, 24-61, *pl. 1-21, 21/23, 24-61*, \[1-2, index\], \[p. 46 as "34"\]. *23*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-50*, \[1-2, index\]. *24*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *25*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\]. *26*: \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-60*, \[1-2, index\], \[i\]-xxix. "*Orchides and plants ally'd to them*" 1774, publ. separately, from 24: 24-47, mentioned by Dict. Catal. Libr. Mass. Hort. Soc. p. 233. *Ref*.: DA 1967, p. 14; GF p. 59; Henrey 832; RS p. 87; SA 1: 132; Sotheby 348 (collation); IDC 5953. - Sherborn, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1: 141. 1938. - Dandy, J. E., Index gen. names vase. pl. 14. 1967. ##### n.2773. Flora britanica **Title** *Flora britanica* \[sic\]: sive, synopsis methodica stirpium britanicarum. Sistens, arbores et herbas, indigenas et in agris cultas in classes et ordines, genera et species redactas secundum systema sexuale: additis nonnullis noviter detectis. Cum classium, ordinum, et generum characteristicis, specierum descriptionibus, et virium epitome. Tabulis aeneis illustrata. Post tertiam editionem synopseos Raianae, opere Dillenii concinnatam, nunc primum ad celeberrimi Caroli Linnaei methodum disposita. Auctore Johanne Hill, M.D. Societatis regiae Burdigalensis &C. Soc. Londini (Impensis Jacobi Waugh,...) 1760. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1760, p. \[i\]-672, *pl. 1-11, 13-24. Copy*: USDA. *Ref*.: PR ed. 1: 4475 ("est synopsis Raji ad methodum Linnaeanam redacta"). - Willmott, A. J., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 90 (proposal to declare names in *Fl. brit.* as not validly published; proposal rejected at Amsterdam 1935). ##### n.2774. Hortus kewensis **Title** *Hortus kewensis*. Sistens herbas exoticas, indigenasque rariores, in area botanica, hortorum augustissimae principissae Cambriae dotissae, apud Kew, in comitatu Surreiano, cultas; methodo florali nova dispositas... Londini (Prostant apud Ricardum Baldwin... et Johannem Ridley...) 1768. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. kew.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1768 (earliest rev. Monthly Rev. Sep 1769), p. \[i, iii, v\], table, \[1\]-458, \[1-18, index\], *pl. 1-20*, uncol. copper engr. *Copies*: G, MO, US, USDA. – The plates are engravings of drawings by Hill, hand-coloured in some copies. The species are designated by binary names. – It is possible that the book was published in parts. Sheets L\* and M\* (p. 172(1)-172(24)) must have been printed out of order but before the index. *Ed. 2*: "Edition secunda aucta; figuris aeneis viginti illustrata" London (id.) 1769, p. \[i, iii, v\], table, \[1\]-458, \[1-18, index\], *pl. 1-20* (id.). *Copies*: G, M, MO, NY. – Not really "aucta" but a re-issue. *Ref*.: Henrey 812-813, HU 598. - Pfeiffer, Bot. Zeit. 6: 833-834. 1848. ##### n.2775. A decade of curious and elegant trees and plants **Title** *A decade of curious and elegant trees and plants*: drawn after specimens received from the East-Indies and America in the year 1772; and accurately engraved: with their history and characters, in English and Latin... London (author) 1773. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Dec. cur. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1773, p. \[i\], \[1\]-20, \[1, index\], *10* handcoloured engraved *plates* by John Hill. *Copy*: NY. *Italian translation: Decade di alberi curiosi* ed eleganti piante delle Indie orientali, e dell' America ultimamente fatte gia' note dal celebre sig. dottore Giovanni Hill. Dall idioma inglese, ridotta all' Italiana Favella, col lasciare intatta la descrizione Latina, e corredata di alquante note. Roma (nella stamperia Salomoni) 1786 Qu. (p. iv: 30 Aug 1786) p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-31, \[32, impr.\], *pl. 1-10* hand-coloured copper engr. after drawings by P. Marjoli. *Copies*: G, MICH, MO, NY. ##### n.2776. Herbarium britannicum **Title** *Herbarium britannicum* exhibens plantas Britaniae indigenas secundum methodum floralem novam digestas. Cum historia, descriptione, characteribus specificis, viribus, et usis. Tabulis aeneis illustratum... Londini (Sumptibus auctoris. Prostant apud Baldwin, Ridley, Nourse, Becket, Davies, Cambell, Elmsly, Bibliopolas.) 1769-1770, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Herb. brit.* **Notes** *Vol. 1*: 1769, p. \[i\], chart, \[1\]-136, *pl. 1-92.* *Vol. 2*: Jul 1770 (fide Monthly Rev. 43: 245-246. Sep 1770), p. \[i\], 137-296, \[1-10, index, 10\], *pl. 93-195.* *Copies*: G, MO, USDA. – The plates are uncoloured copper engravings after drawings by the author. Some copies of vol. 1 have extra p. 96\*-99\*; additional plates with duplicate nos. 30, 66, 89, 117, 170 occur. ##### n.2777. Horti malabarici pars prima **Title** *Horti malabarici pars prima*,... nunc primum classium, generum, et specierum characteres Linnaeanas; synonyma authorum, atque observationes addidit; et indice Linnaeano adauxit J. Hill... London (Sumptibus auctoris) 1774. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. malab.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1774 (before Sep) (Monthly Review 51: 244), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-110, \[1-4, ind.\], *pl. 1-57* (*45* as "*46*") (uncol. copp. engr.). *Copy*: NY. – This is the first part of the London edition of Rheede's *Hortus indicus malabaricus*, q.v.