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### Author
Newton, James (1639-1718), British physician and botanist; acquainted with J. Ray and J. Commelijn.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Newton* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Newton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]]-SL, [[Collection OXF|OXF]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 1; BB p. 228; BM 3: 1429; Clokie p. 217; DNB 40: 393 (incorrect); Dryander 3: 36, 68, 550; Henrey 2: 731 \[index\], 3: nos. 1163-1166; Jackson p. 29, 32, 586; Kew 4: 139; Langman p. 539; NI 1447; PR 6688-6689 (ed. 1: 7472); Rehder 1: 288, 291; TL-2/see A. Buddie; Tucker 1: 518.
- Dandy, J. E., Sloane Herb. 170-172. 1958.
- Gunther, R. W. T., Further corresp. John Ray 323 \[index\]. 1928.
- Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 70. 1957; Hist. fl. Middlesex 15. 1975.
- Morison, R., Pl. hist. univ. Oxon. 3: 202, 232, 237, 628, 647. 1699.
- Raven, C. E., John Ray 218, 259. 1942, ed. 2. 492 \[index\]. 1950.
#### Handwriting
Dandy, J. E., The Sloane herbarium facs. no. 23. 1958.
### Publications
##### n.6779. A compleat herbal
**Title**
*A compleat herbal* of the late James Newton, M. D. containing the prints and the English names of several thousand trees, plants, shrubs, flowers, exotics, &c. All curiously engraved on copper-plates. London (printed by E. Cave at St. John's Gate; and sold by Mr. Watson,...) 1752.
**Abbreviated title**: *Compl. herbal*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1752, posthumously, by the author's son; *pl. 1* = portr. of author as frontisp., p. \[i-xix\], *pl. 2-176* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: L, USDA. – Further copies et BM-Bloomsb., BM and Roy. Hort. Soc. (fide Henrey).
*Ed. 2*: 1798, p. \[i-xvii\], *pl. 1-176* (incl. frontisp. portr. author). *Copy*: G.–A simple re-issue. – "... exotics, &c. Many of which are not to be found in the herbals of either Gerard, Johnson or Parkinson. Curiously engraved on 176 copper-plates. A new editon." London (printed for Lackington, Allen, & Co....) 1798.
*Ed. 6*: 1802, p. \[i-xvii\], *pl. 1-176* (id.). *Copies*: BM-Bloomsb., BM (fide Henrey).
*New ed*.: 1805, p. \[i-xvi\], *pl. 1-176* (id.). *Copy*: BR. – London (Printed by J. D. Dewick,... for Lackington, Allen and Co.... 1805.
*A new herbal*: 1808, 257 p., n.v.
The second and third "editons" are simple re-issues of the pre-linnaean original and are therefore not to be taken into consideration for purposes of nomenclature. For further details see Henrey.