An Account Of the Most Approved Mode Of Draining Land

Edinburgh: Mundell and Son. G : in Good condition. The lower board has been subject to burning, the impact of which has caused some loss and fragility to two sections of the fore edge, the rear ep and the fore edge of the last 20 pages but with deceasing effect. There is only a very limited impact on the text.… Read more about this item

16 engraved plates (2 folding). xv, 182 pp., one leaf of "Conclusion." Large 4to, orig. paper-backed boards (spine expertly rebacked to match, some worming in upper margins), uncut. Edinburgh: G. Nicol et al., 1797. First edition. Johnstone (d. 1838), an Edinburgh surveyor, was promised a grant of £1000 by the recently… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Mundell and Son, 1797. Title continues: "Together with observations on hollow and surface draining in general. The whole illustrated by explanatory engravings." Quarter leather with marbled boards. gilt title on label to spine. Owner's bookplate to the inside board. Scarce First Edition. 16 engraved plates (2 folding) - Complete. The binding (later re-back) has been done a little… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Phillips et. al, 1801. Second edn. 8vo, pp. 164. Illustrated with 17 folding engraved plates at the end. Bound in contemporary half calf and marble boards. Ex-library, with a mid-19th century Isle of Wight Agricultural Library sticker on the paste down. Some chipping to the spine, but a nice clean copy. McDonald p. 223; not in Henrey. Johnstone,… Read more about this item