JOHNSTONE, JOHN - An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land; According to the System Practised by Mr Joseph Elkington... With an Appendix, Containing Hints for the Farther Improvement of Bogs and Other Marshy Ground, After Draining. .

Edinburgh: Mundell and Son, 1797. First Edition. Brown card cover. 270mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 181pp. 14 fold out engravings. '... Together with observations on hollow and surface draining in general.. 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. Illustrations bright with some minor offsetting .

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