A Complete Herbal of The Late James Newton, M.D., Containing The Prints and the English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Flowers, Exotics, &c. All Curiously Engraved on Copper Plates.

NEWTON James.

Verlag: London: Printed by E. Cave at St. John's Gate and Sold by Mr. Watson, an Apothecary, over-against St. Martin's Church in The Strand &c., 1752

Beschreibung

First edition. Octavo (19 x 12cm). 'Newton was well known to John Ray, who, in a letter to Hans Sloane in 1685 mentions Newton as a competent botanist. Newton assisted Ray in his search for plants and his help is acknowledged in Ray's Historia in 1686.'- Henrey. pp. [12],175ff, [8]. With a frontispiece & 175 plates, each with multiple images & numbered 2-176 (which is correct). A handful of plates (slighty) out of order, one plate with a neatly repaired margin not encroaching on engraved area. A clean & fresh copy bound in contemporary calf, with label, gilt, the label with some loss, spine head chipped & joints a little worn, but quite sound. Vg. [Banks III, 68; Pritzel 6689; Henrey 1163; Nissen BBI 1447; Stafleu & Cowan 6779; BM(NH) 1429]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11825

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Titel: A Complete Herbal of The Late James Newton, ...

Verlag: London: Printed by E. Cave at St. John's Gate and Sold by Mr. Watson, an Apothecary, over-against St. Martin's Church in The Strand &c.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1752