> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 738](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355825) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6954-1) LSID 6954-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21522119) QID Q21522119 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.