Tennant (Lilian). Stories of Old..., twelve full-page illustrations in colour by L.Tennant, 1912

Tennant (Lilian, Illustrator). Stories of Old by E[lizabeth] L[ouisa] Hoskyn, containing twelve full-page illustrations in colour by L.Tennant, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912, 12 (complete as list), colour-printed allegorical maps by Lillian Tennant, each showing a historical or mythological character set within a map of the country of the story's origin, 1 map disbound and loose with a little fraying, some maps with a little staining to the margins, minor spotting to text, publisher's decorative cloth boards with colour printed panel to upper cover, juvenile scribbling to upper board, a little worn, spine chipped and frayed, small 4to (Quantity: 1) Lilian Tennant (née Lancaster, 1852-1939) had her first allegorical map illustrations published when she was just 15 years old in Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868) accompanied with an introduction and descriptive lines by "Aleph", the alias of Mr William Harvey. After a long and successful career as an international pantomime actress and performer, Tennant only returned to illustration as a widow living in Brighton at the age of 45 where she drew and produced the maps for Stories of Old and other publications. Information courtesy of BarronMaps.com