NEWMAN, John B. (c. 1840), editor. The Illustrated Botany ... comprising the most valuable native and exotic plants, with their history, medicinal properties, etc. To which is adde an introduction on physiology, and a view of the natural and Linnaean systems. New York: J.K. Wellman, 1846. Octavo, volume 1 only (of 2). (8 15/16 x 5 7/16 inches). iv, 352pp. 42 coloured plates. Half black leather over green boards, spine in five compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, all edges gilt. Front board detached. First edition. John B. Newman was a physician and author who wrote works on botany, homeopathy, and some other eclectic titles, such as Origin of the Red Men... (New York, 1849).