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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DON J. EMERY (1888-1956)
A MAP OF FLORIDA FOR GARDEN LOVERS. 1934.
23½x26¼ inches, 59¾x66½ cm. The Garden Club, Daytona. Condition A: minor creases and abrasions in margins.
Bordered by floral vignettes, this map, published by the "Garden Club of the Halifax Country," highlights "the floral beauty of Florida . . . fugitive places of natural flora . . . little known shrines of great trees and groves . . . hidden pools of surpassing enchantment where underground rivers gush to the surface in flowing springs." "Emery was a leading commercial artist in Daytona Beach in the 1920s and 1930s and founder of the Daytona Beach Art School" (Picturing America p. 167.) Picturing America pl. 88.
