An Account Of The Most Approved Mode Of Draining Land According To The System Practised By Mr Joseph

by John Johnstone

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First edition

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 formed Board of Agriculture to provide a detailed and accurate account of the system of land drainage developed by Joseph

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