Thomas Moule (1784-1851) was a noted historian, map seller and publisher. His finest work is the ‘English Counties Delineated’ first published in 1837 following its issue in parts from May 1830 to the spring of 1836. The maps are considered the most attractive of all the later English county atlases. They are all highly decorative and bear a series of vignettes. The publisher was George Virtue who used the same beautiful plates in his publication of the Rev. James Barclay’s ‘Complete and Universal English Dictionary’ c.1842. A new title page was engraved soon after entitled Barclay’s ‘Universal English Dictionary’ as offered here. The early issues were ‘Newly Revised by Henry W. Dewhurst, Esq: F.E.S.L.’ Soon after they were revised by B. B. Woodward and it is these that have fewer plates, particularly the town plans. Provenance: manuscript ownership inscription of ‘Thomas Wellington Cheltenham 1842.’; private English collection. Beresiner pp. 160-3; Not in Chubb.