4to (233 x 171 mm). Engraved frontispiece by T. Pine; engraved map (small hole to blank area repaired verso, short marginal tear repaired verso); engraved tail-piece by T. Pine. (Upper margin trimmed very slightly shaving woodcut head-piece on one leaf, a few minor stains.) Modern half calf gilt. Provenance: Long Island Historical Society (stamp on title-page).

FIRST EDITION, THE PREFERRED SECOND ISSUE, with the 8-page "Postscript" containing a letter from Georgia founder James Oglethorpe, and with the map in the second state as usual. Benjamin Martyn acted as chief publicity agent for Oglethorpe's planned colony, and here recounts the primary benefits to Great Britain for the founding of a new colony. His name did not appear on the title-page until the second edition, published later in the same year.  With the map in the second state, having "S Augustin" located below "Matansas." "A well-written tract; plausible in its arguments, glowing in its descriptions, valuable for its information, and pertinent in its appeals to the philanthropic and benevolent" (Sabin 45002). Cumming Southeast 211 (map); De Renne, p. 45; Howes M-356; Streeter Sale 1144.