August 2020 Catalogue

F i n e N e w A c q u i s i t i o n s 50 “London Is The Metropolis Of Great Britain…” 48. SEYMOUR, Robert. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent. London, 1734. Two volumes. Folio (10 by 16 inches), contemporary full brown calf gilt. $7200. Click for more info First edition of Seymour’s update of Stow’s Survey of London, with large folding map of London, eight full-page engraved plates (two folding) and a number of in-text engravings. “England is indebted to [Stow] for the most elaborate coeval picture of the brilliant era of Elizabeth, and London for the traces of her growth during six centuries” (Allibone, 2278). Updated and expanded numerous times over the centuries, this 1734 edition was published under the pseudonym of Robert Seymour by English writer and dramatist John Mottley. Plates and text generally quite clean, with minor marginal paper repair to page 697 in Volume I, a bit of marginal wormholing, faint marginal dampstaining in Volume II, light expert restoration to handsome contemporary calf bindings.