First book edition of J. Read and John Mottley's revision of John Stow's 'Survey of London' (1598), originally issued in parts between 1733 and 1735. "Robert Seymour" was actually John Mottley (1692–1750), playwright, who entered Grub Street for a living, when his expectations of an inheritance, patronage, and a career at the Excise Office, were dashed. He published a number of plays in collaboration with others, almost always under a pseudonym, as here, whether out of fear of social stigma, or of the bailiff. His last work, 'The Compleat List of All the English Dramatic Poets' (1747), was appended to Thomas Whincop's play 'Scanderbeg', and serves as his hitherto unknown bibliography.