First state. Thomas Moule (1784-1851) was a noted historian, map seller and publisher. His finest work is the “English Counties Delineated” first published in 1837. The publisher was George Virtue who used the same beautiful plates in his publication of Rev. James Barclay’s “Dictionary”. The maps are considered the most attractive of all the later English county maps. Here in its first state with the imprint of the engraver W. Schmollinger, before the hundreds panel gets shaded. Hodson 94.1.