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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. Author: Newton, James Place: London Publisher: E. Cave Date: 1752 Description: [20] pp. 173 (of 176) engraved plates; engraved portrait frontispiece. (8vo) 7½x4½, period full calf, modern rebacking. First Edition. James Newton (1664?-1750), "botanist, was born probably at Leeds about 1664. According to Ralph Thoresby he was apprenticed to a whitesmith at Leeds. He afterwards graduated M.D., and subsequently, according to Noble, kept a private lunatic asylum near Islington turnpike. He studied botany to divert his attention in some measure from the sad objects under his care. He died at his asylum 5 Nov. 1750. Newton's only separate published work was [this] posthumous herbal" (DNB). Nissen 1447. Armorial bookplate of James Bunter Colthurst on front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Board edges rubbed, hinges repaired; lacking 3 plates (numbers 1, 15, 16); 2 text leaves loosely attached, foxing; very good. Item number: 203576